insensible

[ in-sen-suh-buhl ]

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.

   Synonyms: emotionless, torpid, passionless, dull, cool, indifferent, unfeeling, apathetic

6. not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of any feeling.

   Synonyms: emotionless, cool, indifferent, unfeeling, apathetic, torpid, passionless, dull

7. not endowed with feeling or sensation, as matter; inanimate.

insensible

/ ɪnˈsɛnsəbəl /

adjective

1. lacking sensation or consciousness
2. foll byof or to unaware (of) or indifferent (to)

   insensible to suffering

3. thoughtless or callous
4. a less common word for imperceptible

Derived Forms

• inˈsensibly, adverb
• inˌsensiˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• in·sensi·bly adverb
• in·sensi·bili·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of insensible¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word insēnsibilis. See in- ³, sensible

Synonym Study

See indifference.