[syn: cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Insensate \In*sen"sate\, a. [L. insensatus. See In- not, and
Sensate.]
Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
[1913 Webster]
The silence and the calm
Of mute, insensate things. --Wordsworth.
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The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen.
--Buckle.
-- In*sen"sate*ly, adv. -- In*sen"sate*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
insensate
adj 1: devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation;
"insentient (or insensate) stone" [syn: insentient,
insensate] [ant: animate, sentient]
2: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-
blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: cold,
cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate]