callous

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cal·lous [callous callouses] BrE [ˈkæləs] NAmE [ˈkæləs] adjective
not caring about other people's feelings or suffering
Syn: ↑cruel, Syn: ↑unfeeling
•a callous killer/attitude/act
•a callous disregard for the feelings of others
Derived Words: ↑callously ▪ ↑callousness

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin callosus ‘hard-skinned’.

Example Bank:
•He was convicted of the particularly callous murder of two teenage boys.
•I still can't believe they were so callous.
•The troops showed a callous disregard for life and property.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  calloused, thickened, indurate, pachydermatous, cauterize, cauterise