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insensibility

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Synonyms and Antonyms of insensibility

1 a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness

the husband's 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

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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