insensitive

adjindifferent, callous
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Synonyms for insensitive

adj indifferent, callous

Antonyms for insensitive

Word Origin & History

c.1600, "having little or no reaction to what is perceived by one's senses," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + sensitive. For sense, see insensate. Meaning "without consideration for the feelings of others" attested by 1975. Related: Insensitively.

Example Sentences for insensitive

Calhoun drew a sample of blood from the insensitive area on Murgatroyd's flank.

Should it not be considered a mark of defective cultivation to be insensitive to color?

He was too insensitive to be reached by words, no matter how she pelted them at him.

So this that quivered in his thick fingers, too insensitive to feel it, was a valentine for him!

All insensitive tissues are made with a single sample of hard gelatine.

She was jealous, or insensitive to what was beautiful or noble in people.

The witness thought Helene too insensitive and reproached her.

Look at the modelling of the hands: they are as insensitive and convictionless as lumps of bread.

They were handsome, and not insensitive; but they showed egoism, combined with sensuality.

Although he was not an insensitive man, he was a man of generous nature.

insensitive

Synonyms for insensitive

Antonyms for insensitive

blind

bloodless

blunt

blunter

brutal

insensitive

Synonyms for insensitive

Antonyms for insensitive

More words related to insensitive

benumbed

blind

bloodless

blunt

blunter

brutal