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callous

How many syllables in callous?

  2 syllables

Divide callous into syllables:   cal-lous
Stressed syllable in callous:   cal-lous
How to pronounce callous:   kal-us
How to say callous:

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Synonyms for callous


1 syllable
  • cold
  • mean
  • hard
2 syllables
  • cruel
  • heartless
  • stinging
  • unkind
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
    6 syllables
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      What rhymes with callous

      2 syllables
      • alice
      • ballasts
      • chalice
      • gallus
      • palace
      • phallus
      • balas
      • callus
      • Dallas
      • malice
      • Pallas
      • thallus
      3 syllables
      • alichel
      4 syllables
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