Insensibility
Nouns
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insensibility, insensibleness
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moral insensibility
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inertness, inertia
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impassibility, impassibleness
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inappetency, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude, supineness, lukewarmness. cold fit, cold blood, cold heart
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coldness, coolness
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frigidity
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stoicism, imperturbation etc. (inexcitability) [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability
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nonchalance, unconcern, dry eyes
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insouciance etc. (indifference) Indifference
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recklessness etc. Rashness
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callousness
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heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness. torpor, torpidity
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obstupefaction, lethargy, coma, trance, vegetative state
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sleep etc. Inactivity
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suspended animation
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stupor, stupefaction
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paralysis, palsy
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numbness etc. (physical insensibility) Physical Insensibility. neutrality
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quietism, vegetation.
Verbs
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be insensible etc. adj.
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have a rhinoceros hide
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show insensibility etc. n.
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not mind, not care, not be affected by
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have no desire for etc. Indifference
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have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in
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not care a straw for etc. (unimportance) Unimportance
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disregard etc. (neglect) Neglect
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set at naught etc. (make light of) Underestimation
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turn a deaf ear to etc. (inattention) Inattention
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vegetate. render insensible, render callous
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blunt, obtund, numb, benumb, paralyze, deaden, hebetate, stun, stupefy
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brutify
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brutalize
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chloroform, anaesthetize, put under
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assify. inure
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harden the heart
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steel, caseharden, sear.
Adjectives
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insensible, unconscious
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impassive, impassible
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blind to, deaf to, dead to
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unsusceptible, insusceptible
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unimpressionable, unimpressible
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passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless
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unfeeling, unmoral. apathetic
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leuco-, phlegmatic
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dull, frigid
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cold blooded, cold hearted
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cold as charity
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flat, maudlin, obtuse, inert, supine, sluggish, torpid, torpedinous, torporific
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sleepy etc. (inactive) Inactivity
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languid, half-hearted, tame
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numbed
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comatose
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anaesthetic etc. Physical Insensibility
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stupefied, chloroformed, drugged, stoned
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palsy-stricken. indifferent, lukewarm
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careless, mindless, regardless
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inattentive etc. Inattention
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neglectful etc. Neglect
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disregarding. unconcerned, nonchalant, pococurante, insouciant
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unambitious etc. Indifference. unaffected, unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved, unstirred, untouched, unshocked, unstruck
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unblushing etc. (shameless) [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence
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unanimated
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vegetative. callous, thick-skinned, hard-nosed, pachydermatous, impervious
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hardened
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inured, casehardened
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steeled against, proof against
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imperturbable etc. (inexcitable) [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability
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unfelt.
Adverbs
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insensibly etc. adj.
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without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed
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in cold blood
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with dry eyes, with withers unwrung.
Phrases
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never mind
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it is of no consequence etc. (unimportant) Unimportance
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it cannot be helped
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nothing coming amiss
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it is all the same to, it is all one to.