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insensible

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in·sen·si·ble  (n-sns-bl)
adj.
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.
c. Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.
3.
a. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.
b. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.
4. Lacking meaning; unintelligible.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nsnsibilis, imperceivable : in-, not; see in-1 + snsibilis, perceptible; see sensible.]

in·sensi·bili·ty, in·sensi·ble·ness n.
in·sensi·bly adv.

insensible
Adjective
1. unconscious
2. without feeling
3. insensible of or to unaware of or indifferent to: insensible to suffering
4. imperceptible
insensibility n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.insensible - incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
incognizant, unaware - (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"
unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
insensitive - not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
sensible, sensitive - able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
2.insensible - unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him"
insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
3.insensibleinsensible - barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change"
imperceptible, unperceivable - impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch"
4.insensible - unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
Translations
insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adjinconsciente (= unconscious); sin conocimiento

insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adjinsensible (= unconscious); sans connaissance

insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adjbewusstlos;
insensible to → unempfindlich gegen;
insensible of → nicht bewusst +gen

insensible [ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl] adjinsensibile (= unconscious); privo/a di sensi

insensible
adj insensible [inˈsensəbl]
unconscious He lay on the floor insensible. bewusteloos فاقِد الوَعْي в безсъзнание v bezvědomí bevidstløs bewußtlos αναίσθητος, λιπόθυμος inconsciente, sin conocimiento teadvusetu بیهوش tajuton inconscient חֲסַר הַכָּרָה संवेदन शून्य bez svijesti eszméletlen tidak sadar meðvitundarlaus privo di sensi 意識がない 인사 불성의 be sąmonės nejūtīgs; bez samaņas; paģībis pengsan bewusteloos bevisstløs nieprzytomny desacordado insensibil (la) потерявший сознание v bezvedomí nezavesten nesvestan medvetslös ซึ่งไม่มีความรู้สึก baygın, kendini kaybetmiş 失去知覺的 нечутливий; невразливий بے ہوش vô cảm 失去


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She stood between us, insensible to touch, insensible to sound; motionless as stone, and cold as death in a moment.
" "Yes, cold and insensible Nymph, (replied I) that luckless swain your Brother, is no more, and you may now glory in being the Heiress of Sir Edward's fortune.
When Maggie reached home that evening, in obedience to her father's call, he was no longer insensible.
 
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