Meanings
adjectivecallused (comparative more callused, superlative most callused)
comparative more callused · superlative most callused · alternative calloused
- Having calluses.
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.
2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Catalan callós
- callóshaving calluses
Finnish känsäinen, känsittynyt
- känsäinenhaving calluses
- känsittynythaving calluses
French calleux
- calleuxhaving calluses
German schwielig
- schwielighaving calluses
Latin callōsus
- callōsushaving calluses
Polish zrogowaciały
- zrogowaciałyhaving calluses
Russian мозо́листый
- мозо́листый (mozólistyj)having calluses
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APA
callused. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callused
MLA
“callused.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callused. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “callused,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callused.
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