insensible
The adjective insensible is used to describe someone who is unconscious. If you keep your bowling ball on the top shelf of the closet and it rolls out and conks you on the head, you will probably be rendered insensible.
The adjective insensible describes a lack of emotional response or being indifferent. If your friend says that the roller coaster was so scary it nearly made him vomit and you shrug and say, "Eh, it was okay," he may think you are insensible to fear. A lack of physical sensation can also be described as insensible. If your nerve endings are not acute and you don't feel much pain, you are insensible to pain. This can be dangerous, though, because you might not notice if you get hurt skateboarding.
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barely able to be perceived“an almost insensible change”
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synonyms:
indiscernible, undetectable
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imperceptible, unperceivable
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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imperceptible, unperceivable
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incapable of physical sensation“insensible to pain”“insensible earth”
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Synonyms:
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incognizant, unaware
(often followed by `of') not aware
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unconscious
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
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anaesthetic, anesthetic
characterized by insensibility
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asleep, benumbed, numb
lacking sensation
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insensitive
not responsive to physical stimuli
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insensitive
deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
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Antonyms:
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sensible, sensitive
able to feel or perceive
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aware, cognisant, cognizant
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
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conscious
knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
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sensitive
responsive to physical stimuli
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incognizant, unaware
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unresponsive to stimulation“he lay insensible where he had fallen”
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synonyms:
senseless
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unconscious
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
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unconscious
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unaware of or indifferent to“insensible to the suffering around him”
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synonyms:
unaffected
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insensitive
deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
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insensitive
/ɪnˈsɛnsəbəl/
/ɪnˈsɛnsɪbəl/
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