to callous
7.9
To make someone less able to feel or care about other people's pain
- verb
- /ˈkæləs/
:
insensibilizar
- The harsh reality of poverty made her callous to the cries of those in need.
Examples
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After years of working in a war zone, he became callous to the suffering around him.
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He learned to callous himself against the pain of loss after losing many loved ones.
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No, I'm basically teaching you how to callous over your victims mentality.
Synonyms
1
8.9
To make someone less able to feel sadness, guilt, or pity
causes emotional numbness to others' suffering rather than blunting ethics
Antonyms
to empathize
- US
48
4.9
To understand and share another person's feelings by imagining what they feel
Compounds
How Desensitizing
to dehumanize
24
7.5
- Formal
24
7.5
to callous
7.9
to harden
57
3.9
57
3.9
to desensitize
10
6.3
10
6.3
to familiarize
24
4.1
24
4.1
Surface Forms
callous infinitive
calloused past
calloused past participle
callousing present participle
callouses third person singular
Etymology
Callous as a verb comes from the same root callus meaning 'hard skin', first used for skin that became tough. So to callous someone is to make them emotionally 'hard' or less able to feel other people's pain.