Word of the Day:
callous
What It Means
Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
Having calluses, or relating to calluses.
She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.
Callous in Context
“Re-watching some of the audition rounds of these shows now, you're struck by how callous the judges' comments often were, and how they presented a cruel spectacle in which the audience were set up to laugh at the "deluded" members of the public who believed they could sing.”
Did You Know?
From Latin callōsus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus.
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