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insensitive

  (ĭn-sĕn'sĭ-tĭv) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Not physically sensitive; numb.
    1. Lacking in sensitivity to the feelings or circumstances of others; unfeeling.
    2. Lacking in responsiveness: insensitive to the needs of the customers.
insensitively in·sen'si·tive·ly adv.
insensitivity in·sen'si·tiv'i·ty or in·sen'si·tive·ness n.
 
 
Thesaurus: insensitive

adjective

  1. Lacking physical feeling or sensitivity: asleep, dead, insensible, numb, unfeeling. See awareness/unawareness.
  2. Not capable of being affected or impressed: impassible, impassive, insusceptible, unimpressionable, unsusceptible. See affect/ineffectiveness.
  3. Lacking passion and emotion: anesthetic, bloodless, dull, insensate, insensible. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, feelings.
  4. Lacking responsiveness or alertness: benumbed, dull, insensible, numb, stuporous, torpid, unresponsive, wooden. See awareness/unawareness.

 
Antonyms: insensitive

adj

Definition: indifferent, callous
Antonyms: caring, compassionate, concerned, feeling, impressionable, mindful, responsive, sensitive

adj

Definition: numb
Antonyms: aware, feeling, ignorant, sensate, touched


 
Quotes About: Insensitivity

Quotes:

"It's what you do, unthinking, that makes the quick tear start; The tear may be forgotten -- but the hurt stays in the heart." - Ella Higginson

"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people." - Orson Welles

"We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death. And not till we know, that one grief outweighs ten thousand joys will we become what Christianity is striving to make us." - Herman Melville

 
Translations: Translations for: Insensitive

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - upåvirkelig, ufølsom, uimodtagelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongevoelig, tactloos

Français (French)
adj. - insensible, sans tact, indélicat, peu compréhensif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gefühllos, unempfindlich, unempfänglich für

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αναίσθητος, ασυγκίνητος, χωρίς ντροπή, ανεπηρέαστος, χωρίς ευαισθησία, χωρίς αισθήματα

Italiano (Italian)
insensibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - de pouca sensibilidade

Русский (Russian)
невосприимчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - insensible, inconmovible, inconsciente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - okänslig

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
对...没有感觉的, 感觉迟钝的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 對...沒有感覺的, 感覺遲鈍的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무감각한, 반응 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 思いやりのない, 無感覚な, 鈍感な, 耳を傾けない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير حساس, , متبلد الشعور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא רגיש, לא חש, קשה לב, אדיש‬


 
 

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