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English Dictionary: insensible	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for insensible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insensible adj incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth" Antonym(s): sensible, sensitive unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him" Synonym(s): insensible(p), unaffected(p) barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change" Synonym(s): indiscernible, insensible, undetectable unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless" Synonym(s): insensible, senseless
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insensible \Insen"sible\, a. [L. insensibilis: cf. F. insensible. See {In-} not, and {Sensible}.] 1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility. --Milton. 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. --Sir H. Wotton. Lost in their loves, insensible of shame. --Dryden. 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. --Sir T. Browne. They fall away, And languish with insensible decay. --Dryden. 4. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless. [Obs.] If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, it shall be quashed. --Sir M. Hale. Syn: Imperceptible; imperceivable; dull; stupid; torpid; numb; unfeeling; apathetic; stoical; impassive; indifferent; unsusceptible; hard; callous.