Insensibility definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary INSENSIBIL'ITY, n. [from insensible ... or perceiving. A frozen limb is in a state of insensibility, as is an animal body after death. 2. Want of ... to be moved at the distresses of others denotes an insensibility extremely unnatural. 3. Dullness; stupidity; torpor. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... of passion or feeling; hardheartedness [syn: unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility] Merriam Webster's noun see insensible Oxford Reference Dictionary n ... insensibilité or LL insensibilitas (as INSENSIBLE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Insensibility In*sen`si*bil"i*ty, n. [Cf. F. insensibilit ... of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates. 2. Want ...
... r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: relating to or producing insensibility [syn: anaesthetic, anesthetic] 2: characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind ... Dictionary adj. & n. (US anesthetic) --n. a substance that produces insensibility to pain etc. --adj. producing partial or complete insensibility to pain etc. Phrases and idioms: general anaesthetic an anaesthetic ... an[ae]sthetic agents. (b) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an an[ae]sthetic effect or operation. Webster's ... An`[ae]s*thet"ic, n. (Med.) That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc. Collin's Cobuild ...
... of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot ... of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot ... of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet ...
... relics lie-- 9. It is used to express torpidness and insensibility; as a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot ... of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot ... the mountain." (See ROCK.) A "heart of stone" denotes great insensibility (1 Sam. 25:37). Stones were set up to commemorate ...
... of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot ... of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot ...
... may amount to a total loss of sensation, or complete insensibility. It may however be applied to the state of a ... state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility b. a state of lowered physiological activity typically characterized by ... the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness. 2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Numbness, torpidity, lethargy, insensibility. 2. Sluggishness, inertness, dulness, inactivity, stupidity, inaction. Moby Thesaurus abeyance ...
... passion.] Want of feeling; an utter privation of passion, or insensibility to pain; applied either to the body or the mind ... the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns. Syn: Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary ... about anything. [disapproval] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Insensibility, impassibility, dispassion, dulness, torpor, hebetude, sluggishness, coldness, phlegm, indifference, unconcern ... incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, indifferentism, indifferentness, indiscrimination, indolence, inertia, inertness, inexcitability, insensibility, insensitivity, insouciance, intellectual inertia, jadedness, lack of affect, lack of ...
... 2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an indifference to ... 2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Stoicism is stoical behaviour. (FORMAL ... Synonyms n. 1. Stoical philosophy, philosophy of Zeno. 2. Apathy, insensibility, coolness, indifference, coldness, phelgm, cold blood, impassibility, nonchalance. Moby Thesaurus ... guts, impassiveness, impassivity, imperturbability, imperturbableness, indifference, indulgence, inexcitability, inexcitableness, inirritability, insensibility, lenience, leniency, long-sufferance, long-suffering, longanimity, patience, patience of ...
... sense; numbness; as the stupor of a limb. 2. Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to ones interests. WordNet (r ... of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy. 2. Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests. Collin ... hypnotic trance, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, inanimation, inappetence, indifference, inertia, inertness, insensibility, insouciance, jadedness, kayo, knockout, lack of appetite, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment ...
... Dictionary STUPIDITY, n. [L.] Extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a poor ... state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness. 2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. [R.] A stupidity Past admiration ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Dulness, obtuseness, insensibility, sottishness, blockishness, doltishness, senselessness, sluggishness of understanding, slowness of apprehension ...
... The state of being seared, cauterized or hardened; hardness; hence insensibility. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Searedness Sear"ed*ness, n. The state of being seared or callous; insensibility. --Bp. Hall. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Hardness, insensibility.