insensibility

Roget category 823

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.1. Affections in general
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#823. Insensibility

noun

insensibility, insensibleness^† — moral insensibility — inertness, inertia — vis inertiae [Lat.] — impassibility, impassibleness — inappetency^†, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude^†, supineness, lukewarmness^†.
cold fit, cold blood, cold heart — coldness, coolness — frigidity, sang froid [Fr.] — stoicism, imperturbation etc. (inexcitability) 826^† — nonchalance, unconcern, dry eyes — insouciance etc. (indifference) 866 — recklessness etc. 863 — callousness — heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness.
torpor, torpidity — obstupefaction^†, lethargy, coma, trance, vegetative state — sleep etc. 683 — suspended animation — stupor, stupefaction — paralysis, palsy — numbness etc. (physical insensibility) 376.
neutrality — quietism, vegetation.

verb

be insensible etc. adj. — have a rhinoceros hide — show insensibility etc. n. — not mind, not care, not be affected by — have no desire for etc. 866 — have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in — nil admirari [Lat.] — not care a straw for etc. (unimportance) 643 — disregard etc. (neglect) 460 — set at naught etc. (make light of) 483 — turn a deaf ear to etc. (inattention) 458 — vegetate.
render insensible, render callous — blunt, obtund^†, numb, benumb, paralyze, deaden, hebetate^†, stun, stupefy — brutify^† — brutalize — chloroform, anaesthetize^†, put under — assify^†.
inure — harden the heart — steel, caseharden, sear.

adjective

insensible, unconscious — impassive, impassible — blind to, deaf to, dead to — unsusceptible, insusceptible — unimpressionable^†, unimpressible^† — passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless — unfeeling, unmoral.
apathetic — leuco-^†, phlegmatic — dull, frigid — cold blooded, cold hearted — cold as charity — flat, maudlin, obtuse, inert, supine, sluggish, torpid, torpedinous^†, torporific^† — sleepy etc. (inactive) 683 — languid, half-hearted, tame — numbed — comatose — anaesthetic etc. 376 — stupefied, chloroformed, drugged, stoned — palsy-stricken.
indifferent, lukewarm — careless, mindless, regardless — inattentive etc. 458 — neglectful etc. 460 — disregarding.
unconcerned, nonchalant, pococurante^†, insouciant, sans souci [Fr.] — unambitious etc. 866.
unaffected, unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved, unstirred, untouched, unshocked^†, unstruck^† — unblushing etc. (shameless) 885 — unanimated — vegetative.
callous, thick-skinned, hard-nosed, pachydermatous, impervious — hardened — inured, casehardened — steeled against, proof against — imperturbable etc. (inexcitable) 826^† — unfelt.

adverb

insensibly etc. adj. — aequo animo [Lat.] — without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed — in cold blood — with dry eyes, with withers unwrung^†.

phrase

never mind — macht nichts [G.], it is of no consequence etc. (unimportant) 643 — it cannot be helped — nothing coming amiss — it is all the same to, it is all one to.

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