Definition of callous

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• callous is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• callous is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• callous is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of callous

• having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear (adjective)

  Examples

  1. calloused skin
  2. with a workman's callous hands

  Synonyms

  1. calloused
  2. thickened
• emotionally hardened (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a callous indifference to suffering

  Synonyms

  1. indurate
  2. pachydermatous
• make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. cauterise
  2. cauterize

See definition of callous in Merriam Webster