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seared
CIDE DICTIONARY
seared, a.
Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences. [1913 Webster]
"A seared conscience and a remorseless heart." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
seared
adust, ashen, ashy, baked, blistered, boiled, braised, brazen, broiled, browned, burned, burnt, burnt-up, callous, calloused, case-hardened, coddled, conscienceless, consumed, consumed by fire, cooked, corky, curried, dehydrated, desiccated, deviled, dried, dried-up, evaporated, exsiccated, fired, fricasseed, fried, grilled, gutted, hard, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, heated, incinerated, indurated, inured, lost to shame, mummified, obdurate, oven-baked, pan-broiled, parboiled, parched, poached, pyrographic, pyrolyzed, roast, roasted, sauteed, scalloped, scorched, sear, sere, shameless, shirred, shriveled, singed, steamed, stewed, sun-dried, sunbaked, sunburned, toasted, unblushing, weazened, wind-dried, withered, wizenedROGET THESAURUS
seared
Impenitence
N impenitence, irrepentance, recusance, lack of contrition, hardness of heart, seared conscience, induration, obduracy, impenitent, uncontrite, obdurate, hard, hardened, seared, recusant, unrepentant, relentless, remorseless, graceless, shriftless, lost, incorrigible, irreclaimable, unreconstructed, unregenerate, unreformed, unrepented, unreclaimed, unatoned.For further exploring for "seared" in Webster Dictionary Online