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# callous

adjective (callous; more callous, most callous)

«callous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cruel and not caring at all about other people's feelings or pain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callous/#m1)
2. Showing no pity: «a callous remark». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callous/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories, history and ethics lessons to describe a person who hurts others and does not care. It is a strong judging word: callous behaviour, callous disregard, callous indifference. Its opposite is kind, caring or compassionate.

### Examples

- It was callous to laugh when she fell over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callous/#x1)
- The callous man kicked the stray dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callous/#x2)
- The villain made a callous joke about the people he had cheated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callous/#x3)
- Ignoring someone who needs help can be callous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callous/#x4)
- The judge called the crime cold and callous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callous/#x5)
- She was shocked by his callous words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callous/#x6)
- So great indeed was their faith in a mother’s love that they felt they could afford to be callous for a bit longer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callous/#x7)

### Note

Homophone trap: «callous» (adjective, unkind) and «callus» (noun, a hard patch of skin on hands or feet) sound the same. Noun: callousness; adverb: callously.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «callous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«callous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/callous.html) on Mova free.