ADJECTIVE | all | insensitive | not responsive to physical stimuli |
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all | insensitive | deficient in human sensibility |
Sounds | ihnseh'nsahtihv; ihnseh'nsihtihv | |
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Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... |
Meaning | not responsive to physical stimuli. | |
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Example | "insensitive to radiation" | |
Attribute of | sensitivity, sensitiveness | The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences |
Narrower | dead, deadened | Devoid of physical sensation |
unreactive | not tending to react to stimulation / stimulation | |
See also | insensible | Incapable of physical sensation |
unresponsive | not responding to some influence or stimulus | |
unsusceptible, insusceptible | not susceptible to | |
Opposite | sensitive | Responsive to physical stimuli |
Spanish | insensible | |
Catalan | insensible |
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