'Insensibility' definitions:
Definition of 'insensibility'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness [syn: unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility]
Definition of 'Insensibility'
From: GCIDE
- Insensibility \In*sen`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. insensibilit['e].] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The state or quality of being insensible; lack of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Lack of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity.
- Syn: Dullness; numbness; unfeelingness; stupidity; torpor; apathy; impassiveness; indifference. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'insensibility'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstraction,
- abulia,
- alienation,
- anxiety,
- anxiety equivalent,
- anxiety state,
- apathy,
- blindness,
- casualness,
- catatonic stupor,
- compulsion,
- crudity of intellect,
- deafness,
- dejection,
- depression,
- detachment,
- dim-sightedness,
- elation,
- emotionalism,
- euphoria,
- folie du doute,
- hypochondria,
- hysteria,
- hysterics,
- impassivity,
- imperceptiveness,
- impercipience,
- imprudence,
- inanimateness,
- inanimation,
- incognizance,
- incomprehension,
- indifference,
- indiscreetness,
- indiscretion,
- indiscriminateness,
- indiscrimination,
- inertness,
- insensibleness,
- insensitivity,
- insentience,
- lack of feeling,
- lack of refinement,
- lethargy,
- lifelessness,
- mania,
- melancholia,
- mental distress,
- mindlessness,
- nearsightedness,
- nonrealization,
- nonrecognition,
- nonunderstanding,
- oblivion,
- obliviousness,
- obsession,
- pathological indecisiveness,
- phlegm,
- preoccupation,
- promiscuity,
- promiscuousness,
- psychalgia,
- psychomotor disturbance,
- purblindness,
- senselessness,
- shortsightedness,
- stoicism,
- stolidity,
- stupor,
- syncretism,
- tactlessness,
- tic,
- twitching,
- unapprehendingness,
- unawareness,
- unconsciousness,
- uncriticalness,
- undiscerningness,
- undiscriminatingness,
- undiscriminativeness,
- unfastidiousness,
- unfeelingness,
- unmeticulousness,
- unmindfulness,
- unparticularness,
- unperceptiveness,
- unpreciseness,
- unresponsiveness,
- unselectiveness,
- untactfulness,
- unwittingness,
- withdrawal