Insentient
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Insentient is an adjective meaning Having no consciousness or feeling; inanimate.
Meaning
Having no consciousness or feeling; inanimate.
More Meanings
- (rare) Insensitive, indifferent.
Example Sentences
His thought is tied, the curving prow / Of motion moored to rock; / And minutes burst upon a brow / Insentient to shock.
[O]ver her flayed, exposed soul of a young girl who had gone open and warm to give herself to the children, there set a hard, insentient thing, that worked mechanically according to a system imposed.
"Mr Carrados happens to be blind, Mr Spinola," interposed Copling, seeing that their host was so far in ignorance of the fact. "Impossible! Impossible!" exclaimed Spinola, riveting his own very bright eyes on his guest's insentient ones.
Synonyms for insentient
Depending on context, synonyms include insensate, unfeeling.
Antonyms for insentient
Common opposites include sentient.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include insensate, unfeeling, inanimated, inanimate, non-living, non-animate.
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