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adjective

Insensible adj.

1.

Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility; unconscious.

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." "Lost in their loves, insensible of shame."

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." "They fall away, And languish with insensible decay."

4.

Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless. (Obs.) "If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, it shall be quashed."

5.

Incapable of feeling a specific sensation or emotion; as, insensible to pity.

Synonyms: Imperceptible; imperceivable; dull; stupid; torpid; numb; unfeeling; apathetic; stoical; impassive; indifferent; unsusceptible; hard; callous.

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Etymology of 'Insensible'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Insensible" Quotes from Famous Books

... scarcely visible, resounded the neighing of horses, barking and the clucking of fowl,—the last signs of animal life before it sank to rest. That primitive man felt an impression of emptiness amid the Nature which was insensible and blind to the sufferings of its creatures. Of what concern to the points of light that looked down upon him from above could be that which he was now going through?... All creatures were equal; the beasts that disturbed ...

— Luna Benamor • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... believe it, Mr. Boswick, and I'll have your hands free in a jiffy, and then you can climb the ladder to the deck, and we will go ashore in the boat. The two British guards are insensible, and ...

— The Dare Boys of 1776 • Stephen Angus Cox

... had elapsed. Loops of thread weighing one-fourth of a grain, left suspended on the lower petioles (f to l) during several days, produced no effect. Yet the three petioles f, g, and h were not quite insensible, for when left in contact with a stick for a day or two they slowly curled round it. Thus the sensibility of the petiole gradually diminishes from the tendril-like extremity to the base. The internodes of the stem are not at all sensitive, which makes Mohl's statement that ...

— The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants • Charles Darwin

... leave for ever of that glorious luminary; I raised one pious aspiration to the divine source of light and life; I was immediately stunned by the thunder of the fall, and my eyes were closed in darkness. How long I remained insensible I know not. My first recollections after this accident were of a bright light shining above me, of warmth and pressure in different parts of my body, and of the noise of the rushing cataract sounding in my ears. I seemed awakened by the light from a sound sleep, and endeavoured to recall my scattered ...

— Consolations in Travel - or, the Last Days of a Philosopher • Humphrey Davy

... is nothing to say, for all the fishermen seem insensible to fear. He was only once scared, and that was when he found a man leaning against the boat one pitch-dark night, just after the fishers had hauled. Joe thought the fellow was loafing, so he hit him a clout on the head, and made very uncomplimentary remarks. ...

— The Chequers - Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in - a Loafer's Diary • James Runciman

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