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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Insensible \In*sen"si*ble\, a. [L. insensibilis: cf. F.
     insensible. See In- not, and Sensible.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting
        bodily sensibility; unconscious. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling;
        apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to
        danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with of or to.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Accept an obligation without being a slave to the
              giver, or insensible to his kindness. --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Lost in their loves, insensible of shame. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible.
        Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow;
        gradual; as, insensible motion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Two small and almost insensible pricks were found
              upon Cleopatra's arm.                 --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They fall away,
              And languish with insensible decay.   --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If it make the indictment be insensible or
              uncertain, it shall be quashed.       --Sir M. Hale.
  
     5. Incapable of feeling a specific sensation or emotion; as,
        insensible to pity.
        [PJC]
  
     Syn: Imperceptible; imperceivable; dull; stupid; torpid;
          numb; unfeeling; apathetic; stoical; impassive;
          indifferent; unsusceptible; hard; callous.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Insensible \In*sen"si*ble\, a. [L. insensibilis: cf. F.
     insensible. See In- not, and Sensible.]
     1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting
        bodily sensibility. --Milton.
  
     2. Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling;
        apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to
        danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with of or to.
  
              Accept an obligation without being a slave to the
              giver, or insensible to his kindness. --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
  
              Lost in their loves, insensible of shame. --Dryden.
  
     3. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible.
        Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow;
        gradual; as, insensible motion.
  
              Two small and almost insensible pricks were found
              upon Cleopatra's arm.                 --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
  
              They fall away, And languish with insensible decay.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     4. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless. [Obs.]
  
              If it make the indictment be insensible or
              uncertain, it shall be quashed.       --Sir M. Hale.
  
     Syn: Imperceptible; imperceivable; dull; stupid; torpid;
          numb; unfeeling; apathetic; stoical; impassive;
          indifferent; unsusceptible; hard; callous.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  insensible
       adj 1: incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain";
              "insensible earth" [ant: sensible]
       2: (followed by `to' or `by') unaware of or indifferent to;
          "insensible to the suffering around him" [syn: insensible(p),
           unaffected(p)]
       3: barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost
          indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change" [syn: indiscernible,
           undetectable]
       4: unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had
          fallen"; "drugged and senseless" [syn: senseless]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  insensible
     Γαλλικά a.
     1 αναίσθητος
     2 ανεπαίσθητος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  insensible
     French a.
     1 (l en insensible)
     2 impervious
     3 unperceivable, imperceptible
     Spanish a.
     (l en insensible), insensitive, callous, cold, tactless

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  insensible
     a.
     1 Unable to be perceived by the sense.
     2 Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
     3 Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
     4 Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  insensible
     French a.
     1 (l en insensible)
     2 impervious
     3 unperceivable, imperceptible
     Spanish a.
     (l en insensible), insensitive, callous, cold, tactless

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  insensible
     French a.
     1 (l en insensible)
     2 impervious
     3 unperceivable, imperceptible
     Spanish a.
     (l en insensible), insensitive, callous, cold, tactless

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  insensible
     Espanja a.
     tunteeton, (tunteille) kylmä
     Ranska a.
     1 tunteeton, (tunteille) kylmä
     2 järjetön

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  عديم الحس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  insensible //ɪnˈsɛn.sɪ.bl̩// 
  1. безчувствен, нечувствителен
  incapable of emotional feeling
  2. незабележим
  unable to be perceived by the sense

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  nepostřehnutelný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  necitlivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  apatický

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  bezohledný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  necitelný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  bewusstlos 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  gefühllos, unempfindlich, schmerzunempfindlich 
           Note: für
           Note: to

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  unempfänglich 
           Note: für
           Note: of; to

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  unmerklich 

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  1. संवेदनशून्य

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  neosjetljiv

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  1. eszméletlen
  2. jelentéktelen
  3. érzéketlen
  4. észrevehetetlen
  5. közönyös
  6. nem érdeklôdô
  7. buta
  8. öntudatlan
  9. közönséges
  10. durva
  11. ájult
  12. alig észrevehetô
  13. fásult
  14. észrevétlen
  15. közömbös

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  insensible //ɪnˈsɛn.sɪ.bl̩// 
  1. 平気, 無感覚
  incapable of emotional feeling
  2. 感じる
  unable to be perceived by the sense

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  insensível

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  insensible /ɪnsˈɛnsɪbəl/
  1. hissetmez
  2. hissiz, duygusuz
  3. cansız, baygın
  4. hissolunamaz, farkına varılamaz
  5. yavaş
  6. ilgisiz, aldırış etmeyen. insensibil'ity  duygusuzluk, hissizlik, insafsızlık, merhametsizlik. insensibly  duygusuzca, insafsızca, merhametsizce.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  insensible /ɛ̃sɑ̃sˈibl/
  digizidik

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (rester i. à) insensible /ɛ̃sɑ̃sˈibl/
  van (na ober v. evit + vb)

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  insensible /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  безчувствен 2.
  Impassible
   3.
  Imperceptible
   4.
  Qui n’a pas de sentiment
   5.
  Qui n’éprouve pas de sensation

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  insensible /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  1. unsensibel
  Qui n’a pas de sentiment
  2. gefühllos
  Qui n’éprouve pas de sensation

From français-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ell ]

  insensible /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  1. ανεπαίσθητος
  Qui n’a pas de sentiment
  2. αναίσθητος
  Qui n’éprouve pas de sensation

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  insensible /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  insensibile
  Qui n’éprouve pas de sensation

From français-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-jpn ]

  insensible /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  1. 平気, 鈍感 2.
  Impassible
   3.
  Qui n’a pas de sentiment
  2. 鈍感
  Qui n’éprouve pas de sensation

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  insensible /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  insensible 2.
  Qui n’éprouve pas de sensation
   3.
  Impassible
   4.
  Qui n’a pas de sentiment

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  insensible /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  1. omärklig
  Imperceptible
  2. känslolös 2.
  Qui n’éprouve pas de sensation
   3.
  Impassible
   4.
  Qui n’a pas de sentiment

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  insensible /ˌinsensˈiβle/
  insensible

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  insensible /ˌinsensˈiβle/
  insensible

From Spanish-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1 :   [ freedict:spa-deu ]

  insensible /ˌinsensˈiβle/ 
  1. gefühllos
  2. unsensibel

From Spanish-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1 :   [ freedict:spa-deu ]

  insensible /ˌinsensˈiβle/ 
  unempfindlich

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɪnˈsɛnsəbəɫ/

From IPA:es_ES :   [ IPA:es_ES ]

  

/insensiβle/

From IPA:es_MX :   [ IPA:es_MX ]

  

/insensiβle/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/ɛ̃sɑ̃sibl/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  INSENSIBLE. In the language of pleading, that which is unintelligible is 
  said to be insensible. Steph. Pl. 378. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  149 Moby Thesaurus words for "insensible":
     a stranger to, abiotic, absorbed, anesthetic, anesthetized,
     apathetic, asleep, azoic, behind the curtain, behind the scenes,
     benumbed, blind, blind to, blindfold, blindfolded, bloodless,
     blunt, callous, camouflaged, caught napping, cold, comatose,
     concealed, cool, dead, dead to, deadened, deaf, deaf to,
     dim-sighted, disguised, dispassionate, dull, dumb, emotionless,
     engrossed, exanimate, hard, hardened, hidden, impalpable,
     impassible, impassive, imperceptible, imperceptive, impercipient,
     impervious, imponderable, in ignorance of, inanimate, inanimated,
     inappreciable, incognizant, inconsiderate, indifferent,
     indiscernible, indurated, inert, insensate, insensible to,
     insensitive, insentient, intangible, intent, invisible, latent,
     lifeless, lost to, mind-blind, mindless, mute, myopic, napping,
     nearsighted, nonconceiving, nonconscious, nonliving,
     nonunderstanding, not with it, numb, numbed, obdurate, oblivious,
     obtuse, out, out cold, out of it, out of sight, pachydermatous,
     phlegmatic, preoccupied, purblind, rapt, rocky, secret, senseless,
     shortsighted, sightless, soulless, stoic, stolid, submerged,
     thick-skinned, thick-witted, thoughtless, torpid, unaffected,
     unanimated, unapparent, unappreciable, unapprehending, unaware,
     unaware of, unbeheld, unbeholdable, uncomprehending, unconscious,
     unconscious of, undiscernible, undiscerning, unfeeling, unfelt,
     unhearing, uninsightful, unknowing, unmindful, unmindful of,
     unmoved, unnoticed, unobservable, unobserved, unperceivable,
     unperceived, unperceiving, unperceptive, unprehensive, unrealized,
     unrealizing, unseeable, unseeing, unseen, unsusceptible,
     unsuspecting, untouched, unviewed, unwitnessed, unwitting,
     viewless, witless
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 不知的,昏迷的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 不知的,昏迷的,无知觉的,冷淡的

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