English Explanatory Dictionary

insensate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate.
  2. Senseless; foolish; irrational; thoughtless.
  3. Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.
  4. Not responsive to sensory stimuli; unfeeling.
noun
  1. One who is insensate.
verb
  1. To render insensate; to deprive of sensation or consciousness.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈsɛn.sət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-insensate.wav

Word forms

insensate more insensate most insensate insensates insensating insensated

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsēnsātus.

Synonyms

insensible nonsentient unaware mindless unreasonable unwise callous hardhearted severe brutal cold cold-eyed cruel dour flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled hardened heartless harsh humorless icy iron-hearted insensate insensitive marble-hearted rigorous rockhearted stern stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict tough unsympathetic unmoved unreactive unresponsive

Antonyms

sentient

Derived words

insensately insensateness
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