Dictionary entries for 'insensible'

Synonyms

in·sen·si·ble (ĭn-sĕńsə-bəl)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsēnsibilis, imperceivable, in-, not; see in–¹, + sēnsibilis, perceptible; see sensible.]

adjective

1. Imperceptible; inappreciable: an insensible change in temperature.
2. Very small or gradual: insensible movement.
1. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen.
2. Not invested with sensation; inanimate: insensible clay.
3. Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.
1. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.
2. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.
Lacking meaning; unintelligible.