Insensibility
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Insensibility is a noun meaning The property of being insensible.
Meaning
The property of being insensible.
Example Sentences
What a deal of grief, care, and other harmful excitement does a healthy dulness and cheerful insensibility avoid!
When I recovered I found myself lying on a clean, comfortable bed, while there bent over me a physician and an elderly woman. I learned that I had been found early in the morning in the rear of the house in a state of insensibility, and that the owner of the place […] had caused me to be brought in and placed on the bed.
Word Forms
- insensibilities
Synonyms for insensibility
Depending on context, synonyms include insensibleness, callousness, hardness, unfeelingness.
Antonyms for insensibility
Common opposites include sensibility.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unfeelingness, callousness, hardness, unsensibility, unsensibleness, insensitivity.
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