callosity

noun

Definition of callositynext
as in coldness

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Recent Examples of callosity The 17-year-old mother, named for a callosity near her blowhole that looks like a snow cone, no longer had the same girth or the dark black skin of a healthy right whale. — David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022 The callosity patterns, like fingerprints, are unique to each whale, allowing researchers who have pored over whale catalogue photos to recognize plenty in the wild. — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for callosity
  1. coldness
  2. callousness
  3. hardness
  4. heartlessness
  5. obduracy
  6. numbness
  7. insensitivity
  8. phlegm
Noun
  • Orris adds earthy depth, while a petrichor accord gives the scent an eerie coldness.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 15 July 2026
  • In this attitude was a strange commingling of repugnance and desire, alienation and belonging, intimacy and coldness.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Definition of coldness
Noun
  • Simon’s self-righteous callousness warranted a rebuke, but the rebuke provided Simon the opportunity to see the situation more clearly, to repent, and to love more going forward.
    — Eric Bashor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
  • Before leaders such as Cox and Warnock were on the national stage, Hogan’s pragmatism, steady leadership and independence kept a better version of politics alive even as our public culture raced toward callousness and cruelty.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2026
Definition of callousness
Noun
  • The Army therefore needs materials with approximately the same electromagnetic properties as those tissues, not just the same weight, hardness, or softness.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
  • On the Mohs scale of hardness, which runs from 1 to 10, andesite is a 7, similar to quartz and more resistant than a steel nail.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
Definition of hardness
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  • These young graduates start out naive about the heartlessness of the corporate world and harbor illusory hopes for success in unforgiving professions.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The lives of the two children in the story, aged fourteen and four, are portrayed as being as fleeting as the fireflies, and the story is an unsentimental and unflinching account with moments of both tenderness and heartlessness.
    — Ginny Tapley Takemori September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Definition of heartlessness
Noun
  • Perhaps the greatest testament to Morocco’s obduracy came late in normal time, when Rodri — a central midfielder being deployed as a central defender — strode forward and shot, more in hope than in expectation, from 35 yards.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • But a year later, more than two dozen of them remain stuck in Afghanistan, stalled by bureaucratic wrangling, the vagaries of international diplomacy and the obduracy of the Taliban government.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022
Definition of obduracy
Noun
  • Symptoms include tingling, numbness, muscle weakness, balance issues and muscle cramps.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
  • Tests revealed a herniated disk, which impacted nerves in Jones’ back and caused numbness in his leg.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of numbness
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  • Influencer criticism calling the sandwich ‘not worth it’ and dismissing ‘traditional style’ food triggered accusations of cultural insensitivity.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • The data shows campaigns with audio outperform those without on profit (+75%), trust (+81%), price insensitivity (+81%), and customer acquisition (+19%).
    — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 3 July 2026
Definition of insensitivity
Noun
  • European colonists commonly believed that the balance of humors – yellow and black biles, blood and phlegm – circulating through one’s body was important for health.
    — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Veeze’s signature rapping voice, which sounds like his vocal cords are coated in phlegm and cough syrup, is increasingly versatile, despite the sometimes half-asleep delivery.
    — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
Definition of phlegm

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“Callosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callosity. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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