insensible
1. incapable of physical sensation - insensible to pain - insensible earth • Ant: sensible • Similar to: anesthetic, anaesthetic, asleep, benumbed, numb • See Also: insensitive, unaware, incognizant, unconscious • Derivationally related forms: insensibility 2. unaware of or indifferent to - insensible to the suffering around him • Syn: unaffected • Similar to: insensitive • Derivationally related forms: insensibility 3. barely able to be perceived - the transition was almost indiscernible - an almost insensible change • Syn: indiscernible, undetectable • Similar to: imperceptible, unperceivable 4. unresponsive to stimulation - he lay insensible where he had fallen - drugged and senseless • Syn: senseless • Similar to: unconscious • Derivationally related forms: insensibility
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