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English adjective: insensible

1. insensible incapable of physical sensation


SamplesInsensible to pain.
Insensible earth.


Similaranaesthetic, anesthetic, asleep, benumbed, numb


See alsoincognizant, insensitive, insensitive, unaware, unconscious


Antonymssensible, sensitive

2. insensible unaware of or indifferent to


SamplesInsensible to the suffering around him.


Synonymsunaffected


Similarinsensitive


Antonymssensitive

3. insensible barely able to be perceived


SamplesThe transition was almost indiscernible.
An almost insensible change.


Synonymsindiscernible, undetectable


Similarimperceptible, unperceivable


Antonymsperceptible

4. insensible unresponsive to stimulation


SamplesHe lay insensible where he had fallen.
Drugged and senseless.


Synonymssenseless


Similarunconscious


Antonymsconscious









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