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" It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent."
Millicent Fawcett

Meaning of "insensible" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INSENSIBLE

ɪnˈsɛnsəbəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INSENSIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Insensible is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INSENSIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Insensibility (disambiguation)

"Insensibility" is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during the First World War which explores the effect of warfare on soldiers. Insensibility may also refer to: ▪ Insensibility, a lack of understanding, reason, wit, or sense ▪ Insensibility, a state of indifference ▪ Insensibility, a dramatic alteration of mental state that involves complete or near-complete lack of responsiveness to people and other environmental stimuli...

Definition of insensible in the English dictionary

The first definition of insensible in the dictionary is lacking sensation or consciousness. Other definition of insensible is foll by of or to unaware or indifferent. Insensible is also thoughtless or callous.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INSENSIBLE

compensable · comprehensible · condensable · condensible · dispensable · extensible · fencible · incomprehensible · incondensable · incondensible · indefensible · indispensable · inextensible · invincible · noncondensable · prehensible · recompensable · reprehensible · responsible · tensible

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INSENSIBLE

inseem · inselberg · inselberge · inseminate · insemination · inseminator · insensate · insensately · insensateness · insensibility · insensibleness · insensibly · insensitive · insensitively · insensitiveness · insensitivity · insensuous · insentience · insentiency · insentient

WORDS THAT END LIKE INSENSIBLE

accessible · admissible · collapsible · compatible · divisible · feasible · fusible · implausible · impossible · inaccessible · inadmissible · invisible · irreversible · ostensible · permissible · plausible · possible · reversible · sensible · submersible · visible

Synonyms and antonyms of insensible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INSENSIBLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «insensible» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «insensible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INSENSIBLE

Find out the translation of insensible to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of insensible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «insensible» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

昏迷
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

insensible
570 millions of speakers
en

English

insensible
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बेसुध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مدرك
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

бесчувственный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

insensível
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অচেতন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

insensible
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tidak peduli
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

gefühllos
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

無感覚の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

무감각
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Insensible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không cảm động
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்வில்லாத
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

क्षुल्लक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

duyarsız
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

insensibile
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

nieczuły
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

бездушний
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

insensibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αισθήσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gevoelloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

okänslig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

følelsesløs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of insensible

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INSENSIBLE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about insensible

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6 QUOTES WITH «INSENSIBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word insensible.
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Mary Astell
'Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and stand upon their Value, be so insensible of their own worth.
2
Charles Babbage
The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.
3
Diogenes
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.
4
Millicent Fawcett
It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent.
5
Rosalind Russell
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
6
Saadi
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSENSIBLE»

Discover the use of insensible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to insensible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Making Sense of the Insensible: The Ten Injustices of Our ...
The Ten Injustices of Our Life Lessons Leonie Blackwell. The third step: Acknowledge a higher power. • Learn that we are not God; we don't decide what is best for others and deem it so • Accept that we can't control every event in our life ...
Leonie Blackwell, 2013
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The Crane's Walk: Plato, Pluralism, and the Inconstancy of Truth
Finally, that there are consciousnesses insensible to the possibility offundamentally different consciousness is a social and political fact as well as a psychological and metaphysical one. This model will therefore also help us to see the social ...
Jeremy Barris, 2009
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THE MONTHLY GAZETTE OF HEALTH
... orange, and seeing yellow, would not be produced by the action of light npon such a retina. Or if the eye be insensible to the blue ray, then the action of the other two primary rays, the red and the yellow, and the ray compounded of these two ...
RICHARD REECE M.D, 1822
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
Hammond. — So fond are mortal men, As their own ruin on themselves t' invite, Insensate left, or to senso reprobate, And with blindness eternal struck. Milton. * INSENSIBILITY, n.s. [hsensibilite, French, from insensible.] 1. Inability to perceive.
‎1816
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Comparative Nutrition Of Man and Domestic Animals
and during periods of time of a day or longer, the insensible loss in weight would be the difference between the initial weight plus all ingesta (food and drink) and the final weight plus all excreta (urine and feces). In the fasting animal the ratio of  ...
H Mitchell, 2012
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Sheldon & Co.'s Business Or Advertising Directory: ...
The preceding figure is given to represent the INSENSIBLE PERSPIRATION. It is the great evacuation for the impurities of the body. It will be noticed that a thick, cloudy mist issues from all points of the surface, which indicates the wonderful ...
Sheldon & Company (New York, N.Y.), Sheldon and Company, 1845
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Leibniz and the Natural World: Activity, Passivity and ...
If Leibniz can claim that we, as free agents can influence our metaphysical matter by making changes in our insensible perceptions and appetitions and in the derivative forces of the insensible parts of our organic bodies, then he will be able to ...
Pauline Phemister, 2006
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A History of the Life Sciences, Revised and Expanded
This phenomenon was called insensible perspiration. Santorio believed that he could study the mechanism of insensible perspiration by exact measurements, using instruments of his own design. For tnuch of his experimental career he sat on ...
Lois N. Magner, 2002
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Principles and Practice of Pediatric Nephrology
Fluid Requirements in the Preterm Infant Water expenditure in the newborn includes insensible water loss from the skin and respiratory tract, renal water excretion, stool losses and water excretion associated with normal growth. Insensible ...
Nammalwar, 2004
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The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
J thought or sensibility : inability to perceive ; torpor; dulness of corporal sense, or mental perception : insensible, imperceptible; slow; gradual; void of feeling, emotion, or affection : insensibleness has the same meaning : insensibly, in such a ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSENSIBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term insensible is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Florida Keys piratical tale or two | Living & Entertainment | KeysNet
They took me up, after some time apparently insensible. They took off all my cloaths[sic], and laid me on my back on deck, naked as I was born, ... «Florida Keys Keynoter, Jul 15»
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3 Social Media Marketing Sins Startups Should Avoid
Major fashion brands like Gap and Jonathan Adler along with American Apparel and Urban Outfitters were harshly criticized for their insensible ... «iamWire, Jul 15»
3
Somaliland:Failed and Spiteful Politicians
Those empty and insensible failed politicians are small groups of people who are funded and invested by mostly foreign antagonist forces that ... «SomalilandPress, Jul 15»
4
Only 2000 students are involved, we have no regrets over Vyapam …
Earlier, a minister in Madhya Pradesh government Vijayvargiya had to face flack when he gave a insensible comment over the death of ... «India.com, Jul 15»
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Waterlogging damages Zahir Raihan Road
Moreover, insensible residents throw their household garbage on the road, adding to its woes. Most private cars, rickshaws, and vans avoid the ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
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Satanic Temple of Detroit director says statue unveil still happening
I wouldn't expect these outraged and nearly insensible reactionaries to actually know how to assault a bronze monument without severely ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
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Govt. to take a call on street dog culling
... by local authorities, whenever it is necessary to do so, either instantaneously or after being rendered insensible to pain or suffering. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Poke Me: Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana a well-intentioned but …
... me to scoot and ask for votes only in those handful of villages which I would be insensible enough to earmark for 'development' under SAGY. «Economic Times, Jul 15»
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Kangana Ranaut to reveal names of actresses who are jealous of …
Hello, what she has earned is hard-earned not luck or sympathy from ppl like u. insensible PPl like u need not watch her mvies. But there are ... «Bollywood Life, Jul 15»
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Action Group Needed To Address Gun Violence
“This insensible shooting and continued gun violence within our community has left one of our own seriously injured, and now the confirmed ... «Bernews, Jul 15»
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