Callous

a.	1.	Hardened; indurated.
	2.	Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. - T. Arnold. A callousness and numbness of soul. - Bentley.

Verb	1.	callous - make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals Synonyms: cauterise, cauterize
Adj.	1.	callous - emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" Synonyms: indurate, thick-skinned, pachydermatous

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