100 Best Synonyms for “Callous”

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. acid Biting, harsh, and cruel.
2. aloof Distant and not emotionally involved.
3. apathetic Having no interest or concern.
4. austere Stern, strict, and unemotional.
5. barbaric Brutally cruel and uncivilized.
6. barbarous Cruel and uncivilized.
7. barbed Intentionally hurtful or biting.
8. bestial Brutally cruel or animal-like.
9. biting Sharply critical or hurtful.
10. bleak Cold, harsh, and unkind.
11. blunt Direct and sometimes insensitive.
12. boorish Rude and insensitive.
13. brusque Abrupt and rather harsh.
14. brutal Harsh, cruel, and violent.
15. careless Not giving enough concern.
16. case-hardened Toughened against emotion or sympathy.
17. chilly Cool and unfriendly in manner.
18. clinical Coolly detached and unemotional.
19. cold Lacking warmth or sympathy.
20. coldhearted Emotionally cold and unsympathetic.
21. compassionless Without compassion or tenderness.
22. contemptuous Showing scorn and lack of respect.
23. cool Emotionally distant or reserved.
24. cruel Willingly causing pain or suffering.
25. cynical Distrustful and scornfully unsympathetic.
26. dead to feeling Unable to feel sympathy.
27. dead-eyed Showing no feeling or warmth.
28. deaf Unwilling to listen or care.
29. detached Emotionally separate and uninvolved.
30. discourteous Rude and lacking consideration.
31. disdainful Showing contempt or arrogant disregard.
32. dismissive Rejecting others’ feelings as unimportant.
33. distant Not warm or emotionally close.
34. emotionless Having or showing no emotion.
35. flinty Hard, cold, and unyielding.
36. grim Harsh, serious, and unrelenting.
37. hard Stern, severe, or unfeeling.
38. hardened Made tough and unfeeling.
39. hardhearted Lacking pity or compassion.
40. harsh Severe, unkind, or unpleasant.
41. heartless Cruel and lacking kindness.
42. heedless Ignoring consequences or others’ feelings.
43. ice-cold Extremely cold and unfeeling.
44. icy Cold, distant, and unfriendly.
45. immune Unaffected by something emotional.
46. impassive Showing no emotion.
47. impersonal Lacking personal warmth or feeling.
48. impervious Unaffected by emotion or appeals.
49. inconsiderate Not thinking of others’ needs.
50. indifferent Showing no interest or concern.
51. inhuman Extremely cruel or lacking humanity.
52. inhumane Cruel and without compassion.
53. insensible Unaware or unresponsive to feeling.
54. insensitive Unaware of others’ feelings.
55. ironhearted Extremely hardhearted.
56. jaded Worn out and insensitive.
57. loutish Crude, rude, and insensitive.
58. malicious Intending to harm others.
59. mean Unkind and hurtful.
60. mechanical Unfeeling, automatic, and impersonal.
61. merciless Having or showing no mercy.
62. mocking Showing ridicule or contempt.
63. nasty Unpleasantly cruel or unkind.
64. numb Unable to feel emotion.
65. numbed Made unable to feel.
66. obdurate Stubbornly hardhearted.
67. pitiless Showing no mercy or pity.
68. relentless Continuing without mercy or softness.
69. remorseless Showing no guilt or regret.
70. robotic Mechanical and lacking human feeling.
71. rough Harsh or lacking gentleness.
72. rude Impolite and inconsiderate.
73. ruthless Cruelly determined without mercy.
74. scornful Full of contempt.
75. senseless Lacking sensitivity or feeling.
76. severe Strict, harsh, or unforgiving.
77. sneering Showing contempt in a mocking way.
78. soulless Lacking warmth, feeling, or humanity.
79. spiteful Wanting to hurt or upset others.
80. steely Cold, firm, and unyielding.
81. stolid Calm, unemotional, and hard to move.
82. stony Showing no warmth or feeling.
83. stonyhearted Very hardhearted and unmoved.
84. tactless Lacking sensitivity in speech.
85. thoughtless Not considering others’ feelings.
86. tough Hard, unsentimental, or severe.
87. unaffected Not emotionally touched or changed.
88. uncaring Not showing concern for others.
89. unconcerned Not worried or caring.
90. unemotional Not showing strong feelings.
91. unfeeling Showing no sympathy or emotion.
92. unmindful Not attentive to others’ feelings.
93. unmoved Not affected emotionally.
94. unreceptive Not open to feelings or appeals.
95. unresponsive Not reacting with concern or feeling.
96. unsentimental Not moved by tender feelings.
97. unsympathetic Not showing sympathy or support.
98. venomous Full of spite or malice.
99. vicious Deliberately cruel or violent.
100. wooden Stiff and lacking feeling.