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callused

callused adjective: having calluses. Also the simple past and past participle of callus.

Adjective

callused (comparative more callused, superlative most callused)

  1. Having calluses.
    • Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power.2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...

Also used as

callused is also the simple past and past participle of callus.

Synonyms of callused

Forms of callused

comparativemore callused
superlativemost callused
alternative formcalloused

Origin of callused

From callus + -ed.

Words formed from callused

Questions about callused

What does callused mean?
Callused means having calluses.
What part of speech is callused?
Callused is an adjective.

Words near callused in the dictionary

  1. calluna
  2. callunas
  3. callup
  4. callups
  5. callus
  6. callused
  7. calluses
  8. callusing
  9. calluslike
  10. callusy
  11. Cally

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