Word Meanings - INSENSITIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. Tillotson. Ruskin.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INSENSITIVE)
- Apathetic
- Unfeeling
- stoical
- cold
- frigid
- indifferent
- impassive
- insensible
- insensitive
- Blunt
- Dull
- obtuse
- pointless
- edgeless
- bluff
- coarse
- impolite
- plain-mannered
- uncivil
- rude
- Insensate
- Brute
- unfeeling
- stolid
- insusceptible
- unimpressible
Related words: (words related to INSENSITIVE)
- BLUFF-HEADED
Built with the stem nearly straight up and down. - BRUTENESS
1. Brutality. Spenser. 2. Insensibility. "The bruteness of nature." Emerson. - COARSE
was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts - OBTUSE
1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. 2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton. 3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse - INSENSIBLENESS
Insensibility. Bp. Hall. - INDIFFERENTLY
In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to - UNCIVILIZATION
The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism. - EDGELESS
Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon. - BLUFFNESS
The quality or state of being bluff. - POINTLESSLY
Without point. - BLUNTISH
Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n. - IMPASSIVE
Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. Pope. -- Im*pas"sive*ly, adv. -- Im*pas"sive*ness, n. - STOLIDNESS
See STOLIDITY - UNCIVILTY
In an uncivil manner. - BLUFFY
1. Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks. 2. Inclined to bo bluff; brusque. - UNCIVILITY
Incivility. - COARSELY
In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly. - APATHETICALLY
In an apathetic manner. - BLUNTLY
In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey. - IMPOLITE
Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- Im`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Im`po*lite"ness, n. - IMBRUTE
To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal. And mixed with bestial slime, This essence to incarnate and imbrute. Milton. (more info) Etym: - HEDGELESS
Having no hedge.