: having hard and thick skin : having calluses.

What does it mean when someone is calloused?

1a : being hardened and thickened. b : having calluses callous hands. 2a : feeling no emotion. b : feeling or showing no sympathy for others : hard-hearted a callous indifference to suffering.

What is a calloused hand?

/ˈkæl.əst/ If feet or hands are calloused, they are covered with hard areas of skin: She had the calloused hands of someone who had always worked hard for a living.