insensate

== English == === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin īnsēnsātus. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɛn.sət/ ==== Adjective ==== insensate (comparative more insensate, superlative most insensate) Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate. Synonyms: insensible, nonsentient, unaware Antonym: sentient Senseless; foolish; irrational; thoughtless. Synonyms: mindless, unreasonable, unwise Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive. Synonyms: callous, hardhearted, severe; see also Thesaurus:stern (medicine, physiology) Not responsive to sensory stimuli; unfeeling. Synonyms: unreactive, unresponsive ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From the substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix). ==== Noun ==== insensate (plural insensates) One who is insensate. === Etymology 3 === From Latin īnsēnsātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Verb ==== insensate (third-person singular simple present insensates, present participle insensating, simple past and past participle insensated) (rare) To render insensate; to deprive of sensation or consciousness. === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “insensate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === antisense == Italian == === Adjective === insensate f pl feminine plural of insensato === Noun === insensate f pl plural of insensata === Anagrams === annessite, estensina == Latin == === Adjective === īnsēnsāte vocative masculine singular of īnsēnsātus