insensible

[ in-sen-suh-buhl ]

/ ɪnˈsɛn sə bəl /

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adjective

incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow.

without or not subject to a particular feeling or sensation: insensible to shame; insensible to the cold.

unaware; unconscious; inappreciative: We are not insensible of your kindness.

not perceptible by the senses; imperceptible: insensible transitions.

unresponsive in feeling.

not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of any feeling.

not endowed with feeling or sensation, as matter; inanimate.

OTHER WORDS FOR insensible

5, 6 apathetic, unfeeling, indifferent, cool; dull, passionless, emotionless, torpid.

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Origin of insensible

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word insēnsibilis. See in-³, sensible

synonym study for insensible

See indifference.

OTHER WORDS FROM insensible

in·sen·si·bly, adverbin·sen·si·bil·i·ty, noun

Words nearby insensible

inselberg, inseminate, insemination , inseminator, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, insep., inseparable, insert

How to use insensible in a sentence

This is a trial in the court of public opinion, to which the elected Manhattan district attorney is not insensible.
Judge Drops Strauss-Kahn Charges|Christopher Dickey, John Solomon|August 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
From that his mind slipped easily into another question—how she could be so insensible to the pain she caused him?
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
In spite of this he never moved a muscle, and lay, as if insensible to feeling, upon the ground.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer

He had often been floored by argument and coughed down by contempt, but he seemed alike insensible to sarcasm and to insult.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
I was knocked almost insensible during the fight for the boat so I am not sure what happened during the next few minutes.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for insensible

insensible

/ (ɪnˈsɛnsəbəl) /

adjective

lacking sensation or consciousness

(foll by of or to) unaware (of) or indifferent (to)insensible to suffering

thoughtless or callous

a less common word for imperceptible

Derived forms of insensible

insensibility or insensibleness, nouninsensibly, adverb

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