What does calloused mean?
Calloused means Alternative form of callused..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative form of callused..
It was inconceivable, it astounded him, that this slender, beautiful girl of scarcely twenty should have anything, even a bitter enmity, in common with this crime-calloused man of fifty
Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power.
Use calloused when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Calloused means Alternative form of callused..
Common synonyms include tough, toughened, thickened.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was inconceivable, it astounded him, that this slender, beautiful girl of scarcely twenty should have anything, even a bitter enmity, in common with this crime-calloused man of fifty
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