Synonyms for calloused
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kal-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæl əs |
Top 10 synonyms for calloused Other synonyms for the word calloused
- buttress
- cake
- calcify
- callous
- callus
- case-harden
- caseharden
- cement
- climatize
- close
- clot
- coagulate
- coarsen
- compact
- concrete
- conform
- congeal
- consolidate
- contract
- crystallize
- curdle
- deaden
- densify
- develop
- discipline
- dry
- dull
- embitter
- firm
- fix
- fortify
- fossilize
- freeze
- gird
- habituate
- indurate
- inure
- jell
- make callous
- nerve
- numb
- ossify
- paralyze
- petrify
- precipitate
- press
- reinforce
- render insensitive
- roughen
- season
- set
- settle
- solidify
- starch
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- stun
- stupefy
- teach
- temper
- thicken
- toughen
- train
- vitrify
Définition of calloused
Origin :- c.1400, "hardened," in the physical sense, from Latin callosus "thick-skinned," from callus, callum "hard skin" (see callus). The figurative sense of "unfeeling" appeared in English by 1670s. Related: Callously; callousness.
- As in indurate : verb harden
- As in harden : verb make or become solid
- As in harden : verb accustom
- They were worn, and had calloused stains and ill-kept nails.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- Even her hands, reddened and calloused by labor, were well kept and shapely.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
- He had noticed that Joe's hands were rather rough and calloused.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- Jacovik turned his hands over and looked at the calloused palms.
- Extract from : « The Destroyers » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- His fingers were calloused and no current could pass through them.
- Extract from : « Electricity for the farm » by Frederick Irving Anderson
- "Luck," Brion said, and shook the technician's calloused hand.
- Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
- Could they be any more prevalent than they are now,—bearable only because we are calloused to them?
- Extract from : « Monopolies and the People » by Charles Whiting Baker
- I mean by that, it was soft and well kept—not hard and calloused.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the North Sea » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- But the face was worn and the hand that she offered him was calloused.
- Extract from : « Hunters Out of Space » by Joseph Everidge Kelleam
- To her side he crept and began to stroke her calloused, tired hands.
- Extract from : « Through the Gates of Old Romance » by W. Jay Mills
Antonyms for calloused
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