Sekirov Dictionary

insensate

/ɪnˈsɛn.sət/

adjective 4
noun 1
verb 1
forms 5

adjective4

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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. — 1816
•
Senseless; foolish; irrational; thoughtless.
- […]the sot, the gambler, the bully, the jockey, the insensate fool, were a thousand times preferable to Rashleigh;—[…] — 1817
•
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. — 1958
•
Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.
- I was cold-hearted, hard, insensate. — 1847

noun1

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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. — 1873

verb1

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(rare) 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. — 1915

forms

insensated · insensating · insensates · more insensate · most insensate

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