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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Callous \Cal"lous\, adjective [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.]
1. Hardened; indurated. ''A callous hand.'' --Goldsmith. ''A callous ulcer.'' --Dunglison.
2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. ''The callous diplomatist.'' --Macaulay.
It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. --T. Arnold.
Syn: Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See {Obdurate}. -- {Cal"lous*ly}, adverb
A callousness and numbness of soul. --Bentley.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
callous
adjective: emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" [syn: {thick-skinned}, {indurate}, {pachydermatous}]
verb: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals [syn: {cauterize}, {cauterise}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "callous": Philistine, anneal, apathetic, asleep, backed, benumbed, brazen, brutalize, calcified, calcify, calloused, case harden, case-hardened, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded, coldhearted, conscienceless, cornify, crusted, crusty, crystallized, dead, deadened, dull, firm, flinthearted, flinty, fossilize, fossilized, granulated, hard, hard of heart, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, harden, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, hornified, impassible, impenitent, imperceptive, impercipient, impervious, incrusted, indifferent, indurate, indurated, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, insolent, inure, inured, lapidified, lapidify, lithify, lost to shame, numb, numbed, obdurate, obtuse, ossified, ossify, pachydermatous, petrified, petrify, proof against, reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, seared, set, shameless, solidified, steel, steeled, steeled against, steely, stiffened, stony, stonyhearted, strengthened, temper, thick-skinned, thick-witted, tough, toughen, toughened, unabject, unblushing, uncaring, uncompassionate, uncontrite, unemotional, unfeeling, unfelt, unmelted, unmerciful, unnatural, unperceptive, unrepentant, unrepenting, unresponsive, unsoftened, unsympathetic, untouched, vitrified, vitrify
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
CALLOUS, adjective Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved. "What!" said one of his disciples, "you weep at the death of an enemy?" "Ah, 'tis true," replied the great Stoic; "but you should see me smile at the death of a friend."
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