ADJECTIVE | all | insensate, insentient | devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation |
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all | insensate, cold, cold-blooded, inhuman | without compunction or human feeling |
Meaning | Devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation. | |
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Example | "insentient (or insensate) stone" | |
Synonym | insentient | |
Attribute of | sentience | The readiness to perceive sensations |
Narrower | unfeeling | Devoid of feeling or sensation |
Opposite | sentient, animate | endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness |
Spanish | insensible | |
Catalan | insensible | |
Adverbs | insensately | in an insensate manner |
Meaning | Without compunction or human feeling. | |
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Example | "insensate destruction" | |
Synonyms | cold, cold-blooded, inhuman | |
Broader | inhumane | lacking and reflecting lack of pity / pity or compassion / compassion |
Spanish | desalmado, despiadado, frío, inhumano | |
Catalan | despietat, fred, inhumà |
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