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insensibility

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of insensibility

1 a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness
  • the husbandʼs general insensibility is creating great tension in the marriage
Synonyms of insensibility

affectlessness, apathy, emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, numbness, phlegm
Words Related to insensibility

bloodlessness, callosity, callousness, coldness, coolness, halfheartedness, hard-heartedness, hardness, heartlessness, imperturbability, insensitivity, obduracy

blankness, deadness, emptiness, vacancy

aloofness, detachment, indifference, unconcern

stiffness, woodenness
Near Antonyms of insensibility

compassion, empathy, pity, sympathy

receptiveness, receptivity, responsiveness, sensitivity

solicitude, tenderness, understanding, warmth

hand-wringing, histrionics, hysteria, hysterics, melodrama

vehemence
Antonyms of insensibility

emotion, feeling, sensibility
2 a temporary state of unconsciousness
  • knocked into insensibility by the blow to the head
Synonyms of insensibility

blackout, faint, knockout, swim, swoon, syncope
Words Related to insensibility

daze, stupor, trance

drowsiness, narcosis, sleep, somnolence

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