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insensibility

/ˌɪn.sɛn.sɪˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/

insensibility noun: the property of being insensible.

Noun

insensibility (plural insensibilities)

  1. The property of being insensible.
    • What a deal of grief, care, and other harmful excitement does a healthy dulness and cheerful insensibility avoid!1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
    • When I recovered I found myself lying on a clean, comfortable bed, while there bent over me a physician and an elderly woman. I learned that I had been found early in the morning in the rear of the house in a state of insensibility, and that the owner of the place […] had caused me to be brought in...1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 27
    Synonyms:
    insensibleness

insensibility meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Sanskrit

insensibility in Tamil

உணர்வின்மை, உணர்ச்சியின்மை

insensibility in Urdu

مدہوشی

insensibility in Sanskrit

insensibility, dullness
ध्यान dhyāna

Synonyms of insensibility

Forms of insensibility

pluralinsensibilities

Origin of insensibility

From Old French insensibilité, from Late Latin insensibilitas.

Questions about insensibility

What does insensibility mean?
Insensibility means the property of being insensible.
What is insensibility in Tamil?
Insensibility in Tamil is உணர்வின்மை, உணர்ச்சியின்மை. See Insensibility meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is insensibility?
Insensibility is a noun.
How do you pronounce insensibility?
Insensibility is pronounced /ˌɪn.sɛn.sɪˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/.
What is the plural of insensibility?
The plural of insensibility is insensibilities.

Words near insensibility in the dictionary

  1. insensibilise
  2. insensibilised
  3. insensibilises
  4. insensibilising
  5. insensibilities
  6. insensibility
  7. insensibilize
  8. insensibilized
  9. insensibilizes
  10. insensibilizing
  11. insensible

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Adapted from Wiktionary: insensibility (page history and authors); insensibility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insensibility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ध्यान (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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