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1. : incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as. a. : lacking sensory perception or ability to react. insensible to pain. b. : unconscious. knocked insensible by a sudden blow. c. : not endowed with life or spirit : insentient. insensible earth. 2. a. : unaware. insensible of their danger. b.
the state of being unconscious: She lay in a state of insensibility until ten o'clock, when she took her last breath. He was beaten into insensibility and then dropped in the canal. the fact of not caring about something or being unwilling or unable to react to it:
the state of being unconscious: She lay in a state of insensibility until ten o'clock, when she took her last breath. He was beaten into insensibility and then dropped in the canal. the fact of not caring about something or being unwilling or unable to react to it:
Definitions of insensibility. noun. devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness. synonyms: callosity, callousness, hardness, unfeelingness. see more. noun. a lack of sensibility. see more.
1. a. Imperceptible; inappreciable: an insensible change in temperature. b. Very small or gradual: insensible movement. 2. a. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen. b. Not invested with sensation; inanimate: insensible clay.
Definition of insensibility noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to not care about something or be unwilling to react to it: I think he's largely insensible to other people's distress. See more. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Losing consciousness. black. catatonia. concussion. go out like a light idiom. hypnotically. in a drunken stupor. insensibility. knock. light. pass out. senseless. stun. swoon
adjective. incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow. without or not subject to a particular feeling or sensation: insensible to shame; insensible to the cold. unaware; unconscious; inappreciative: We are not insensible of your kindness. not perceptible by the senses; imperceptible:
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses. adjective. incapable of physical sensation. “ insensible to pain” “ insensible earth” synonyms: incognizant, unaware. (often followed by `of') not aware. unconscious. not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead. anaesthetic, anesthetic.
1. lacking sensation or consciousness. 2. (foll by of or to) unaware (of) or indifferent (to) insensible to suffering. 3. thoughtless or callous. 4. a less common word for imperceptible. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. insensibility (inˌsensiˈbility) or insensibleness (inˈsensibleness) noun.
