Antonyms for callous
ˈkæl əscal·lous

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1. callousadjective

   Synonyms:
   heartless, astorgous

2. callousadjective

   Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

   She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.

   Synonyms:
   heartless, astorgous

3. callousadjective

   Having calluses.

   Synonyms:
   heartless, astorgous

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1. callous, indurate, pachydermatousadjective

   emotionally hardened

   "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"

   Antonyms:
   sensitive, tender, untoughened

   Synonyms:
   calloused, pachydermous, pachydermic, pachydermatous, pachydermal, thickened, indurate

2. calloused, callous, thickenedverb

   having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear

   "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"

   Antonyms:
   tender, untoughened, sensitive

   Synonyms:
   calloused, indurate, pachydermatous, thickened

3. callous, cauterize, cauteriseverb

   make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

   Antonyms:
   sensitive, tender, untoughened

   Synonyms:
   cauterise, burn, cauterize

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1. callousadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfeeling, insensible, hardened, unimpressible

How to use callous in a sentence?

1. Dave Fairclough:

   He has rightly been handed a custodial sentence, the message to the callous criminals engaged in immigration related criminality is clear - you will be caught and the consequences will be severe.

2. Barack Obama:

   The callous disregard for Luke’s life is more proof of the depths of AQAP’s depravity, and further reason why the world must never cease in seeking to defeat their evil ideology.

3. Cyril Ramaphosa:

   In death, she has demonstrated that our many differences along political party and racial lines and the numerous disputes we may have are eclipsed by our shared desire to follow her lead in building a just, equitable and caring society, loudly and without apology, she spoke truth to power. It was those in power who, insecure and fearful, visited upon her the most vindictive and callous retribution. Yet, through everything, she endured. They could not break her. They could not silence her.

4. Gloria Steinem:

   The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to believe that we are human beings or that we are chattel, it is where we are trained to see the sex and race divisions and become callous to injustice even if it is done to ourselves, to accept as biological a full system of authoritarian government.

5. Rosanna Berardi:

   Can the states say no? Probably, these governors are making hugely political statements, saying we don’t agree with what you’re doing. ... It seems callous atfirst, but the reality of foster care is these states are drowning on a good day.

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