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insensible - 5 dictionary results
in⋅sen⋅si⋅ble
[in-sen-suh-buh
l] 
–adjective
| 1. | incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow. |
| 2. | without or not subject to a particular feeling or sensation: insensible to shame; insensible to the cold. |
| 3. | unaware; unconscious; inappreciative: We are not insensible of your kindness. |
| 4. | not perceptible by the senses; imperceptible: insensible transitions. |
| 5. | unresponsive in feeling. |
| 6. | not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of any feeling. |
| 7. | not endowed with feeling or sensation, as matter; inanimate. |
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Language Translation for : insensible
| Spanish: | inconsciente, sin conocimiento, | German: | bewußtlos, | Japanese: | 意識がない |
| in·sen·si·ble
(ĭn-sěn'sə-bəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsēnsibilis, imperceivable : in-, not; see in-1 + sēnsibilis, perceptible; see sensible.] in·sen'si·bil'i·ty, in·sen'si·ble·ness n., in·sen'si·bly adv. |
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insensible
c.1380, "lacking the power to feel with the senses," from L. insensibilis "that cannot be felt," from in- "not" + sensibilis, from sentire "to feel." Meaning "unconscious" is attested from 1426. See insensate.
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| insensible | |
adjective | |
| 1. | incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth" [ant: sensible] |
| 2. | unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him" |
| 3. | barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change" [syn: indiscernible] |
| 4. | unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless" |
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Insensible
In*sen"si*ble\, a. [L. insensibilis: cf. F. insensible. See In- not, and Sensible.]1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility. --Milton. 2. Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with of or to. Accept an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or insensible to his kindness. --Sir H. Wotton. Lost in their loves, insensible of shame. --Dryden. 3. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible. Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow; gradual; as, insensible motion. Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm. --Sir T. Browne. They fall away, And languish with insensible decay. --Dryden. 4. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless. [Obs.] If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, it shall be quashed. --Sir M. Hale. Syn: Imperceptible; imperceivable; dull; stupid; torpid; numb; unfeeling; apathetic; stoical; impassive; indifferent; unsusceptible; hard; callous.
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