insensibility; inertness, inertia; vis inertiae [Lat.]; impassibility,
impassibleness; inappetency†, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude†,
supineness, lukewarmness†.
cold fit, cold blood, cold heart; coldness, coolness; frigidity,
sang froid [Fr.]; stoicism, imperturbation &c (inexcitability) 826
[Obs.]; nonchalance, unconcern, dry eyes; insouciance &c (indifference)
866; recklessness &c 863; callousness; heart of stone, stock and stone,
marble, deadness.
torpor, torpidity; obstupefaction†, lethargy, coma, trance,
vegetative state; sleep &c 683; suspended animation; stupor,
stupefaction; paralysis, palsy; numbness &c (physical insensibility)
376.
neutrality; quietism, vegetation.
V. be insensible &c adj.; have a rhinoceros hide; show insensibility &c
n.; not mind, not care, not be affected by; have no desire for &c 866;
have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in; nil
admirari [Lat.]; not care a straw for &c (unimportance) 643; disregard
&c (neglect) 460; set at naught &c (make light of) 483; turn a deaf ear
to &c (inattention) 458; vegetate.
render insensible, render callous; blunt, obtund†, numb, benumb,
paralyze, deaden, hebetate†, stun, stupefy; brutify†; brutalize;
chloroform, anaesthetize†, put under; assify†.
inure; harden the heart; steel, caseharden, sear.
Adj. insensible, unconscious; impassive, impassible; blind to, deaf to,
dead to; unsusceptible, insusceptible; unimpressionable†,
unimpressible†; passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless; unfeeling,
unmoral.
apathetic; leuco-†, phlegmatic; dull, frigid; cold blooded, cold
hearted; cold as charity; flat, maudlin, obtuse, inert, supine,
sluggish, torpid, torpedinous†, torporific†; sleepy &c (inactive) 683;
languid, half-hearted, tame; numbed; comatose; anaesthetic &c 376;
stupefied, chloroformed, drugged, stoned; palsy-stricken.
indifferent, lukewarm; careless, mindless, regardless; inattentive
&c 458; neglectful &c 460; disregarding.
unconcerned, nonchalant, pococurante†, insouciant, sans souci
[Fr.]; unambitious &c 866.
unaffected, unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited,
unmoved, unstirred, untouched, unshocked†, unstruck†; unblushing &c
(shameless) 885; unanimated; vegetative.
callous, thick-skinned, hard-nosed, pachydermatous, impervious;
hardened; inured, casehardened; steeled against, proof against;
imperturbable &c (inexcitable) 826 [Obs.]; unfelt.
Adv. insensibly &c adj.; aequo animo [Lat.]; without being moved,
without being touched, without being impressed; in cold blood; with dry
eyes, with withers unwrung†.
Phr. never mind; macht nichts [G.], it is of no consequence &c
(unimportant) 643; it cannot be helped; nothing coming amiss; it is all
the same to, it is all one to.