insensible

Examples

• All

• Despite the warnings about climate change, many people remain insensible to the urgent need for action.

• Essentially, most villagers distrust the central state, which they regard as distant and insensible to their needs and problems, but at the same time they want it to play a more important role in their lives.

  Academic text (2016)

• He says most men are insensible when they rest and mad when they act.

• " What is it?" I repeated, and I stood there, thoroughly insensible to the look of the whole.

  Fiction book (1990)

• He chatted briefly with George, insensible to what he was saying.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Against this, he had no defense: no matter how tired he made himself, how much he exhausted his body, he could not make his mind insensible to his phantom pain, and so his discipline, honed over the years, was made useless.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The crowd was insensible to the cold as they celebrated the New Year.

Synonyms

I

insensitive

vsinsensible

124 4.6

Not showing care for other people's feelings or needs

focuses more on being unaware or unresponsive to situations

O

oblivious

vsinsensible

76 6.3

Not noticing what happens around you

also implies emotional indifference or unresponsiveness, not only inattention

I

indifferent

vsinsensible

46 4.4

Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something

includes lack of awareness as well as emotional indifference

A

apathetic

vsinsensible

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

can also mean being unaware or unresponsive to events or feelings

U

unresponsive

vsinsensible

20 4.7

Not reacting to touch, sound, or commands

adds not caring or lack of awareness to mere nonreaction

I

inattentive

vsinsensible

5 5.3

Does not notice what is happening or small details

often includes emotional unresponsiveness and indifference beyond mere distraction

U

unaffected

vsinsensible

3 3.9

Not changed or harmed by something and not showing strong feeling

adds a lack of awareness or concern beyond mere stability

U

unmindful

vsinsensible

1 7.2

Not aware of what is happening around you

also implies emotional indifference or lack of response to stimuli

U

unobservant

vsinsensible

1 5.9

You do not notice small details around you

adds emotional unresponsiveness or indifference, not just missed details

I

insensate

vsinsensible

1 9.9

Having no feeling in body or mind and no pity

is about not being aware or concerned rather than total numbness

I

insentient

vsinsensible

• Specialized

1 9.9

Unable to feel or be aware of things

describes being unaware or indifferent but not total incapacity

U

unreactive

vsinsensible

1 6.5

Does not show feelings or respond when someone tries to upset them

covers both lack of response and a broader lack of concern

U

unattuned

vsinsensible

7.8

Not aware of or responsive to other people's feelings

emphasizes lack of awareness or concern rather than just mismatch

I

impassible

vsinsensible

8.3

Not showing any emotion on the face

is more about absence of awareness or concern rather than only blankness

U

unperceptive

vsinsensible

7.3

Not good at noticing or understanding things

focuses more on not being aware or caring rather than slow perception

Antonyms

A

aware

∞ 2.7

Knowing that something exists or is happening

How Sensitive

sensitive

488 2.9

insensible

1 7.3

indifferent

46 4.4

insensitive

124 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology