# insensible
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/, [ɪnˈsɛn̥sɪbl̩]
* Hyphenation: in‧sen‧si‧ble

### Adjective

insensible (comparative more insensible, superlative most insensible)
* Unable to be perceived by the senses.
    Synonyms: imperceptible, unperceivable; see also Thesaurus:imperceptible
    Antonyms: perceptible, sensible; see also Thesaurus:perceptible
** 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.
** 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay.
* Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
    Synonyms: anesthetic, insensate, insensitive, unsensitive
    Antonyms: sensate, sensible
** 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Fate of the Artemis”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:“ […] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”
** 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:The Leicester Daily Mercury reflected on how these concerns were the result of changing ways of getting around: "It might sound a bit crazy or just a little revolting that at Christmas works parties, some should drink themselves into a near-insensible state... This was not serious when they used public transport, but today more men and women use their own cars."
* Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
    Synonyms: inscrutable, unexplainable; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
* Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
    Synonyms: pointless, senseless
** 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, […] it shall be quashed.
* Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
    Synonyms: insouciant, unconcerned; see also Thesaurus:apathetic
** 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.
** 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:In spite of her deep-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection […]
* Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.
    Synonyms: emotionless, insensitive; see also Thesaurus:alexithymic

#### Derived terms

* insensibility
* insensibly

#### Related terms

* insensitive
* nonsensible
* nonsensical
* senseless
* unsensible
* unsensitive

#### Translations
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.sibl/
* Homophone: insensibles

### Adjective

insensible (plural insensibles)
* insensible
* impervious
* unperceivable, imperceptible
    Synonym: imperceptible

#### Derived terms

* insensiblement

### Further reading

* “insensible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /insenˈsible/ [ĩn.sẽnˈsi.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -ible
* Syllabification: in‧sen‧si‧ble

### Adjective

insensible m or f (masculine and feminine plural insensibles)
* insensible, insensitive, callous, cold, tactless
    Antonym: sensible

#### Derived terms

* insensibilidad
* insensiblemente

### Further reading

* “insensible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10