callous
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
Types & categories
- inure hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
emotionally hardened
a callous indifference to suffering
Related & opposite
- unfeelingness derivation
- insensitive similar to
Sense 3 adjective
having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
calloused skin
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unfeelingness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | insensitive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | callosity |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | toughened |