单词 | callousing |
释义 | callousingadj. That makes a person hard, unfeeling, or callous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > callous or hard-hearted > that makes callous callousing1860 indurating1895 ossifying1898 1860 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Feb. 110 The callousing, barbarous effects of the slave traffic upon him. 1895 J. Bryan Fables & Ess. 107 Only those who have felt the callousing prints of time can realize how tender and romantic the heart is at twenty. 1928 Sunday Express 8 Jan. 9/1 The hardships and callousing brutalities of a mercenary force. 2014 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 15 May a18 Many argue that it [sc. abortion] has had a callousing effect on men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1860 |
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