1. The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility;
torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or
by opiates.
2. Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion;
dullness; stupidity.
Syn. -- Dullness; numbness; unfeelingness; stupidity; torpor; apathy;
impassiveness; indifference.
In*sen"si*ble (?), a. [L. insensibilis: cf. F. insensible. See In- not,
and Sensible.]
1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily
sensibility. Milton.
2. Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic;
unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.;
-- often used with of or to.
Accept an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or
insensible to his kindness.
Sir H. Wotton.
Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.
Dryden.
3. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible. Hence:
Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow; gradual; as, insensible
motion.
Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's
arm.
Sir T. Browne.
They fall away, And languish with insensible decay.
Dryden.