indurate
- adjective
- /ˈɪndjʊrɪt/
- Formal
:
endurecido
- An indurate personality can result from self-absorption as readily as from immersion in hate-mongering creeds.
Examples
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She needed that indurate exterior to contain her ominous thoughts, the implications of what Oswald was doing.
Fiction book (1999) -
Her indurate attitude towards criticism made it difficult for her to improve her work.
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Even though he faced many challenges, his indurate demeanor kept him from showing any emotion.
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After years of hardship, he developed an indurate character that was unresponsive to others' feelings.
Synonyms
883
4.4
Unfriendly and distant in feeling or action
41
7.3
Not caring about other people's feelings or pain
14
5.9
Not showing sympathy or care for other people's feelings
11
4.4
Not showing strong feelings
5
6.7
Not kind or generous and quick to judge others harshly
4
7.2
Not showing any feeling or kindness to others
2
8.1
Not showing feelings or care and seeming cold and unkind
1
9.9
Having no feeling in body or mind and no pity
Not easily upset by what others say or feel
Not able to feel sorry for others or be emotionally moved
Less sensitive to other people's pain after repeated exposure
Being very uncaring about other people's feelings
Not showing kindness or mercy when others suffer
Antonyms
How Callous
- Offensive
79
4.1
41
7.3
14
5.9
- Formal
124
4.6
7
4.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Indurate comes from the Latin root durus ('hard'), seen in words like durable, and it pictures a person whose feelings have become hard. So, an indurate person is emotionally 'hard' or unfeeling.