Meaning of INSENSATE
| Pronunciation: | | in'senseyt
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- [adj] devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone"
- [adj] without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
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| | Synonyms: | | cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, inhumane, insentient, unfeeling |
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| | Antonyms: | | animate, sentient | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*sen"sate\, a. [L. insensatus. See {In-} not, and
{Sensate}.]
Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things.
--Wordsworth.
The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen.
--Buckle.
-- {In*sen"sate*ly}, adv. -- {In*sen"sate*ness}, n.
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