Callous
Callous adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Dead and callous are semantically related in characteristic topic. In some cases you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Callous".
Dead
Dead adjective - No longer living.
Callous and dead are semantically related in indifferent topic. Sometimes you can use "Callous" instead an adjective "Dead", if it concerns topics such as spiritless.
Nearby Word: deadly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Arlin does not appreciate the callous treatment of him and his now-dead "brothers" during Mull's experimentation.
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Ted's kids rolling their eyes at the beginning of the story looks pretty darn callous knowing that their mother is actually dead.
- Add to that only Mr Burns' treatment of Frank is all that callous (dooming him into a dead end job after losing interesting in him and blaming him for mistakes Homer makes), the other residents of Springfield are generally friendly to him, just his contempt for Homer goes over their heads.
Source: Unintentionally Unsympathetic
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