insensible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/
[ɪnˈsɛn̥sɪbl̩]
Forms: form: more insensible
form: most insensible
Etymology: From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.
Senses: examples: text: Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
text: They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay.
ref: 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:
synonyms: word: imperceptible
word: unperceivable
word: imperceivable
word: imperceptible
word: insensible
word: undetectable
word: undistinguishable
word: unperceivable
antonyms: word: perceptible
word: sensible
word: imperceptible
glosses: Unable to be perceived by the senses.
examples: text: “[…] 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.[…]”
ref: 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:
text: 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."
ref: 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:
synonyms: anesthetic
insensate
insensitive
unsensitive
antonyms: sensate
sensible
glosses: Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
synonyms: word: inscrutable
word: unexplainable
word: abstruse
word: Chinese
word: dense
word: enigmatic
word: fathomless
word: Greek
word: inapprehensible
word: incognizable
word: incomprehensible
word: ineffable
word: inenubilable
word: inexplicable
word: impenetrable
word: insensible
word: inscrutable
word: insoluble
word: insolvable
word: mysterious
word: nonunderstandable
word: obscure
word: retruse
word: thick
word: undecipherable
word: undiscoverable
word: unexplainable
word: unfathomable
word: ungraspable
word: unintelligible
word: unknowable
word: ununderstandable
glosses: Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
examples: text: If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, […]it shall be quashed.
ref: 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:
synonyms: pointless
senseless
glosses: Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
examples: text: Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.
ref: 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:
text: In spite of her deep-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection[…]
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: word: insouciant
word: unconcerned
word: adiaphroistic
word: apathetic
word: apathistical
word: blasé
word: deaf
word: cool
word: shiftless
word: dispassionate
word: dull
word: enervated
word: gallionic
word: halfhearted
word: heartless
word: impassive
word: ineffervescible
word: insouciant
word: indifferent
word: insensible
word: jaded
word: languid
word: languorous
word: Laodicean
word: lethargic
word: listless
word: lackadaisical
word: lotophagous
word: lukewarm
word: mopey
word: nonchalant
word: nonplussed
word: phlegmatic
word: pococurante
word: spiritless
word: supine
word: tepid
word: torpid
word: torpedinous
word: unaroused
word: uncaring
word: unconcerned
word: unenthusiastic
word: unimpressible
word: uninterested
word: unlively
word: unmoved
word: untouched
word: unzealous
word: world-weary
glosses: Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
synonyms: word: emotionless
word: insensitive
word: alexithymic
word: apathistical
word: clinical
word: dull
word: cold-blooded
word: cold-hearted
word: dead inside
word: dispassionate
word: emotionless
word: immovable
word: impassible
word: impassive
word: insensible
word: nonemotional
word: nonfeeling
word: nonpassionate
word: nonsentimental
word: stolid
word: unemotional
word: unfeeling
word: unmovable
word: unpassionate
word: unsentimental
glosses: Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.
Derived terms: insensibility
insensibleness
insensiblist
insensibly
Related terms: insensitive
nonsensible
nonsensical
senseless
unsensible
unsensitive