Meanings
nounsearedness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state of being seared or callous; insensibility.
He wonders at my extreme prodigality of credit, and searedness of conscience, in citing an epistle so convicted by Bellarmine!
1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy
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searedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/searedness
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