Thesaurus / callous
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At the same time, the cops who are called on to keep order frequently behave like a callous, occupying force, and, all too often, the money corrupts them, too.
THE ELITE BALTIMORE COPS WHO BECAME CRIMINALSMICHAEL FLETCHERMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The singer’s callous responses to autistic people’s concerns on Twitter did nothing to increase my trust in her ability to treat us like full-fledged human beings onscreen.
SIA'S GOLDEN GLOBE-NOMINATED MUSIC ISN’T JUST OFFENSIVE. IT’S ALSO BAD ART—AND THE DISTINCTION MATTERSSARAH KURCHAKFEBRUARY 25, 2021TIME
It is also a reminder of the callous mathematics of epidemiology.
U.S. DEATH TOLL FROM COVID-19 PASSES THE 500,000 MARKCHRIS WILSONFEBRUARY 22, 2021TIME
The callous Justice passed on to the next stye, immersed in thought.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
It isn't in the average man to be utterly callous to the suffering of another, even if that other richly deserves his pain.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
But where the trade is once admitted, no wonder the heart becomes callous to the individual sufferings of the slaves.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAM
The brutal callous indifference of the whole thing was most strongly marked.
THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITE
The Hindoo devotee is exceedingly tender of the lives of animals, while he is often callous to human suffering.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRIS
A callous indifference to the instruction of the missionaries, except it was followed by some temporal benefit, prevailed.
ROBERT MOFFATDAVID J. DEANE
This callous skin is even adherent to the bones, against which it is continually pressed by the weight of the body.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME IX (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFON
WORDS RELATED TO CALLOUS
- aloof
- antipathetic
- apathetic
- aversive
- callous
- cold
- cold-blooded
- cool
- cruel
- disinterested
- frigid
- halfhearted
- hard
- harsh
- heartless
- icy
- indifferent
- insensitive
- lukewarm
- mean
- nasty
- obdurate
- repellent
- repugnant
- stony
- tough
- uncaring
- uncharitable
- uncompassionate
- unconcerned
- uncongenial
- unemotional
- unfeeling
- unkind
- unmoved
- unpleasant
- unresponsive
- unstirred
- untouched
- aloof
- antipathetic
- apathetic
- aversive
- callous
- cold
- cold-blooded
- cool
- cruel
- disinterested
- frigid
- halfhearted
- hard
- harsh
- heartless
- icy
- indifferent
- insensitive
- lukewarm
- mean
- nasty
- obdurate
- repellent
- repugnant
- stony
- tough
- uncaring
- uncharitable
- uncompassionate
- unconcerned
- uncongenial
- unemotional
- unfeeling
- unkind
- unmoved
- unpitying
- unpleasant
- unresponsive
- untouched
- aloof
- antipathetic
- apathetic
- aversive
- callous
- cold
- cold-blooded
- cool
- cruel
- disinterested
- frigid
- halfhearted
- hard
- harsh
- heartless
- icy
- indifferent
- insensitive
- lukewarm
- mean
- nasty
- obdurate
- repellent
- repugnant
- stony
- tough
- uncompassionate
- unconcerned
- uncongenial
- unemotional
- unfeeling
- unkind
- unmoved
- unpitying
- unpleasant
- unresponsive
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