'callousness' definitions:
Definition of 'callousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness [syn: unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility]
Definition of 'callousness'
From: GCIDE
- callousness \cal"lous*ness\ n. lack of passion or feeling.
- Syn: unfeelingness, hardness, insensibility. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'callousness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analgesia,
- anesthesia,
- armor,
- callosity,
- callus,
- coldbloodedness,
- coldheartedness,
- coldness,
- deadness,
- density,
- dullness,
- durity,
- electronarcosis,
- flintiness,
- formidable defenses,
- hard heart,
- hard shell,
- hardenedness,
- hardheartedness,
- hardness,
- hardness of heart,
- heart of stone,
- heartlessness,
- impassibility,
- impenetrability,
- impenitence,
- impenitentness,
- imperception,
- imperceptiveness,
- imperceptivity,
- impercipience,
- imperviousness,
- inconsiderateness,
- induration,
- insensibility,
- insensibleness,
- insensitiveness,
- insensitivity,
- insentience,
- insolence,
- inuredness,
- irrepentance,
- narcosis,
- narcotization,
- nonrepentance,
- numbness,
- obduracy,
- obdurateness,
- obtuseness,
- Philistinism,
- pins and needles,
- pitilessness,
- resistance,
- restiveness,
- rhinoceros hide,
- seared conscience,
- solidity,
- steeliness,
- stoniness,
- thick skin,
- toughness,
- unabjectness,
- uncontriteness,
- unfeeling,
- unfeelingness,
- unmercifulness,
- unnaturalness,
- unperceptiveness,
- unresponsiveness