insensate

Meaning

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

One who is insensate.

Verb

To render insensate; to deprive of sensation or consciousness.

Synonyms

unfeeling

callous

heartless

cold-blooded

insentient

insensitive

inconsiderate

inanimate

unkind

lifeless

spiritless

unsympathetic

unwise

foolish

inhuman

senseless

cold

🥶

harsh

impassive

inane

incipient

indifferent

indurate

inept

injudicious

insensible

meshuga

nitwitted

nonliving

nonsensical

numb

rattlebrained

sappy

silly

sottish

soulless

stiff

stone

🪨

thoughtless

unconscious

unemotional

unlifelike

unreasonable

vapid

wintry

witless

cockamamy

goofy

goony

nutty as a fruitcake

Translations

duygusuz

hissiz

desumano

inumano

insensato

insensé

empfindungslos

frío

🥶

gevoelloos

stolto

gefühllos

αναίσθητος

ongevoelig

cansız

insafsız

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈsɛn.sət/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsēnsātus.