🖐️ Smooth skin 💔 Easily hurt

uncallused

1 8.0

Easily hurt by criticism or harsh words

adjective
/ʌnˈkælʊst/

: sensible

The teacher recognized his uncallused response to the harsh feedback and offered encouragement.

Examples

She had an uncallused heart, always ready to help others.
Growing up in a supportive family, he remained uncallused despite facing many challenges.
Her uncallused nature made her deeply affected by every criticism she received.
His uncallused nature made him vulnerable to criticism.
She had an uncallused heart, always ready to empathize with others in pain.
His uncallused nature made it difficult for him to cope with the harsh realities of life.
Despite her tough exterior, she remained uncallused and easily moved by sad stories.

Antonyms

toughened

Specialized

1 4.1

Treated to make it stronger and harder to break

callused

1 7.2

Less sensitive to other people's pain after repeated exposure

How Hardened

callous

41 7.3

hardened

38 5.6

guarded

30 4.9

uncallused

1 8.0

sensitive

2 4.4

tender

126 1.6

Surface Forms

uncallused positive

Morphology

uncallused = callused (semi-transparent) = un + callus + ed

Formed by negating 'callused', but here the meaning is metaphorical ('not emotionally hardened'), so the structural relation is clear while the sense requires understanding the figurative extension.

Etymology

Uncallused comes from the prefix un- 'not' plus callus 'hard skin'. Think of an emotional 'callus' as a hard layer that protects you, so an uncallused person has no hard layer and is easily hurt by feelings.