CALLOUS

(verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
synonyms : cauterise , cauterize
Ravi makes callous statements about his step mother. -added by Aswathy_inlas
Twenty years of military service in the war front, totally cauterized him. -added by Aswathy_inlas
(adj.) emotionally hardened
"a callous indifference to suffering", "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
synonyms : indurate , pachydermatous
A man was imprisoned for the callous murder of three school kids. -added by Aswathy_inlas
(adj.) having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
"calloused skin", "with a workman's callous hands"
synonyms : calloused , thickened
Callous skin can be effectively removed by using a pumice stone. -added by Aswathy_inlas

Mnemonics for callous

(Tag: hindi) callous sounds like khallas so jiski sub kuch khallas ho gayi hai..that person becomes hard, insensitive and unfeeling.
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(Tag: ) call(CALL)o(OH)US(U.S)..Oh U.S Please Call Us for MS and dont be so unkind,hardened and unfeeling..!!!
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(Tag: Cricket) Kallis (Jacques Kallis, SA) is such an insensitive (callous)batsman. He would beat Indian bowlers like anything.
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(Tag: ) callous - call out,someone who pretends didn't listen when you call his name,callous
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(Tag: ) callous sounds like KHALLAS(Hindi)....so jiski sensitivity khallas ho gayi hai
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(Tag: ) read it like CARELESS so when a person is pinched or pierced if he doesn't react its bcuz his skin is insensitive may be due to some anesthesia (Just imagine)
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(Tag: (english)) police says call-o-us if somebody is callous towards you
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(Tag: Hindi) KHAROOS
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(Tag: Call, family guy) Man, how insensitive you are, just tell are you going to CALL-US or not......?
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(Tag: (english)) police says call-o-us if somebody is callous towards you
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(Tag: ) callous- hell on us. he was so heartless.he thought " hell on us"
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(Tag: colosseum) remember colosseum in italy were barbaric cruel fights were fought(gladiator mvie)
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(Tag: ) it's sounds like south african batsman KALLIS who has no emotion for indian bowler
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(Tag: ) sounds like carlos ... so you can imagine the unkind and unfeeling villian ;)
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(Tag: hindi) sounds like "kaala" in hindi.so,"dil se kaala" means insensitive,unkind
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(Tag: english ) Engineering students become callous to education after graduation because that is teh maximum any human brain can handle lol
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