callously
In unfeeling manner
Callously means in a manner showing insensitive disregard for others' feelings or suffering.
It describes actions or statements that lack empathy or compassion: He callously dismissed her concerns.
The word implies not just indifference but a hardened quality—someone acting callously seems impervious to the pain they cause.
Lacking pity or mercy
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
cruel · vicious · savage · inhumane · barbaric · malicious · sadistic · malevolent
Without compassion or emotion
- uncaringLacking emotional concern
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
detached · dispassionate · emotionless · unsympathetic · unempathetic · aloof · unmoved · nonchalant
heartless
Lacking pity or mercy
brutal · cruel · vicious · savage · inhumane · barbaric · malicious · sadistic · malevolent · wicked
unfeeling
Without compassion or emotion
- uncaringLacking emotional concern
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
indifferent · detached · dispassionate · emotionless · unsympathetic · unempathetic · aloof · unmoved · nonchalant · oblivious
cold
Low temperature state
unforgiving · unrelenting · grim · hard · blunt · brusque · curt · terse · abrupt · gruff
callouslycompassionately
With caring concern
caringly · empathetically · considerately · sympathetically · kindly