insensate
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insensate¹
- /ɪnˈsɛn.sət/
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin īnsēnsātus. By surface analysis, in- + sensate.
adjective more insensate · most insensate
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Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate.
Since thus divided — equal must it be
If the deep barrier be of earth, or sea;
It may be both — but one day end it must
In the dark union of insensate dust.
Similar: insensible, nonsentient, unaware, insensitive · Opposite: sentient
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Senseless; foolish; irrational; thoughtless.
[…]the sot, the gambler, the bully, the jockey, the insensate fool, were a thousand times preferable to Rashleigh;—[…]
Similar: mindless, unreasonable, unwise
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Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.
I was cold-hearted, hard, insensate.
Similar: callous, hardhearted, severe, brutal, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cold-eyed, cruel, dour, thick-skinned, flint-hearted
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Not responsive to sensory stimuli; unfeeling.
If the ophthalmic branch is cut the patient must be told about the hazards of having an insensate cornea.
Similar: unreactive, unresponsive
insensate²
Where it comes from
From the substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix).
noun insensates
- One who is insensate. Here, at any rate, hostility did not assume that slow and sickening form. It was a cosmic agency, active, lashing, eager for conquest: determination; not an insensate standing in the way.
insensate³
Where it comes from
From Latin īnsēnsātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb insensates · insensating · insensated
- To render insensate; to deprive of sensation or consciousness. And this thought, blinding them to all else, insensating them to all emotions but that of vengeance, was thought of Josephine.
Translations
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adj having no sensation or consciousness
| Русский | неодушевлённый neoduševljónnyj |
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adj senseless; foolish; irrational
| Español | insensato |
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| Français | insensé |
| Deutsch | unsinnig, unvernünftig |
| Русский | неразумный nerazumnyj, бессмы́сленный bessmýslennyj, глу́пый glúpyj, безрассудный bezrassudnyj |
adj unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive
| Português | desumano, inumano |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | empfindungslos |
| Русский | бесчувственный besčuvstvennyj, бесчелове́чный besčelovéčnyj, жесто́кий žestókij |
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title = {insensate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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