insensate

  • 21insensate — in·sensate …

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  • 22insensate — UK [ɪnˈsenseɪt] / US [ɪnˈsenˌseɪt] adjective formal lacking all physical feeling, including the ability to feel pain, heat, or cold …

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  • 23insensate — in•sen•sate [[t]ɪnˈsɛn seɪt, sɪt[/t]] adj. 1) not endowed with sensation; inanimate 2) without feeling or sensitivity; cold; cruel 3) without sense, understanding, or judgment; foolish • Etymology: 1510–20; < LL insēnsātus irrational… …

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  • 24insensate — adj. 1 without physical sensation; unconscious. 2 without sensibility; unfeeling. 3 stupid. Derivatives: insensately adv. Etymology: eccl.L insensatus (as IN (1), sensatus f. sensus SENSE) …

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  • 25cold cold-blooded inhuman insensate — inhumane in hu*mane ([i^]n h[=u]*m[=a]n ), adj. not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or compassion; as, humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are… …

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  • 26Insensately — Insensate In*sen sate, a. [L. insensatus. See {In } not, and {Sensate}.] Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. [1913 Webster] The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] The meddling folly or …

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  • 27Insensateness — Insensate In*sen sate, a. [L. insensatus. See {In } not, and {Sensate}.] Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. [1913 Webster] The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] The meddling folly or …

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  • 28insensately — insensate ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking physical sensation. 2) lacking sympathy; unfeeling. 3) completely lacking sense or reason. DERIVATIVES insensately adverb …

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  • 29fond — adj 1 Fond, infatuated, besotted, insensate are comparable when they mean made blindly or stupidly foolish (as by passion or drink). Fond implies a judgment misled by credulity, undue optimism, or excessive affection {Cowper s characterization of …

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  • 30in|sen´sate|ness — in|sen|sate «ihn SEHN sayt, siht», adjective. 1. without sensation; lifeless; inanimate: »insensate stones. 2. unmoved; unfeeling; brutal: »insensate cruelty. 3 …

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