Insensate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation

without compunction or human feeling

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnsˈɛnseɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnsˈɛnseɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnsˈɛnseɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪnsˈɛnseɪt/.

Examples

insentient (or insensate) stone
in cold blood
cold-blooded killing

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cold-blooded inhuman insentient cold

Antonyms

sentient

Parts of Speech

adjective	devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation “insentient (or insensate) stone”
adjective	without compunction or human feeling “in cold blood”

Word Forms

insentience	noun	lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations
inhumanity	noun	the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gefühllos

ohne Gefühl, Bewusstsein und Animation

🇫🇷French

insensé

dépourvu de sentiment, de conscience et d'animation

🇪🇸Spanish

insensato

desprovisto de sentimiento, conciencia y animación.

🇮🇹Italian

insensato

privo di sentimento, coscienza e animazione

🇳🇱Dutch

gevoelloos

verstoken van gevoel, bewustzijn en animatie

🇵🇹Portuguese

insensato

desprovido de sentimento, consciência e animação

🇷🇺Russian

безумный

лишенный чувств, сознания и анимации

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेसुध

भावना, चेतना और सजीवता से रहित

🇧🇩Bengali

অজ্ঞান

অনুভূতি এবং চেতনা এবং অ্যানিমেশন বর্জিত

🇮🇳Tamil

உணர்ச்சியற்ற

உணர்வு மற்றும் உணர்வு மற்றும் அனிமேஷன் அற்றது

🇮🇳Telugu

మతిస్థిమితం లేని

అనుభూతి మరియు స్పృహ మరియు యానిమేషన్ లేనిది

🇮🇳Marathi

संवेदना

भावना आणि चेतना आणि ॲनिमेशन नसलेले

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસંવેદનશીલ

લાગણી અને ચેતના અને એનિમેશનથી વંચિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉದ್ವೇಗವಿಲ್ಲದ

ಭಾವನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅನಿಮೇಷನ್ ರಹಿತ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഉന്മേഷമില്ലാത്ത

വികാരവും ബോധവും ആനിമേഷനും ഇല്ലാത്തത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਹੋਸ਼

ਭਾਵਨਾ ਅਤੇ ਚੇਤਨਾ ਅਤੇ ਐਨੀਮੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے حس

احساس اور شعور اور حرکت پذیری سے عاری

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

麻木不仁的

缺乏感觉、意识和动画

🇯🇵Japanese

無感覚

感情も意識もアニメーションも欠如している

🇰🇷Korean

무감각한

느낌과 의식과 생기가 결여되어 있다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mất trí

không có cảm giác và ý thức và hoạt động

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีความรู้สึก

ปราศจากความรู้สึกและจิตสำนึกและภาพเคลื่อนไหว

🇮🇩Indonesian

menjadi tidak sadarkan diri

tanpa perasaan, kesadaran, dan animasi

🇵🇭Filipino

insensado

walang pakiramdam at kamalayan at animation

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عديم الإحساس

خالية من الشعور والوعي والرسوم المتحركة

🇮🇷Persian

بی احساس

عاری از احساس و شعور و انیمیشن

🇹🇷Turkish

duygusuz

duygudan, bilinçten ve animasyondan yoksun

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲסַר תְחוּשָׁה

נטול תחושה ותודעה ואנימציה

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