insensate

• Adjetivo que denota falta de sensación, conciencia o sentimiento; se usa a menudo en contextos literarios o arcaicos para describir a alguien insensible, sin emociones o carente de percepción física o moral.

An adjective meaning lacking sensation, consciousness, or feeling; often used in a literary or archaic context to describe someone who is unfeeling or devoid of emotion.

1. Lacking sensation or consciousnessC2formal

   Devoid of physical feeling, awareness, or life; inanimate or unconscious.

   Sin sensibilidad ni conciencia

   • The patient lay insensate on the operating table, completely unaware of the procedure.
   • A stone is an insensate object, incapable of feeling pain or pleasure.
   • After the blow to his head, he fell insensate to the ground.

   Sinónimoscomatoseinanimateinertinsensibleinsentientlifelessnumbsenselessunconsciousunfeeling

   Antónimosanimateawareconsciousfeelingsensitivesentient

2. Lacking human feeling or compassionC2formal

   Devoid of empathy, pity, or moral sensibility; cruel or callous.

   insensible, despiadado

   • The dictator's insensate cruelty shocked the entire world.
   • He showed an insensate disregard for the suffering of others.
   • Her insensate greed led her to betray her closest friends.

   Sinónimoscallouscold-bloodedheartlessinhumanmercilesspitilessunfeeling

   Antónimoscompassionatehumanekindmercifulsensitivesympathetictender