English
insensible
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪnˈsɛn.sɪ.bl̩/
Adjective

insensible

  1. Unable to be perceived by the senses.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
      Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.
    • 1709, John Dryden, Georgics
      They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay.
  2. Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
  3. Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
  4. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
    • If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, it shall be quashed.
  5. Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
    • 1697, John Dryden translating Virgil, The Aeneid
      Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.
    • Accept an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or insensible to his kindness.
    • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 138
      In spite of her deep-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection...
  6. Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.
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