insensate
adjective
in·sen·sate (ˌ)in-ˈsen-ˌsāt 
-sət
1
: lacking sense or understanding
also : foolish
2
: lacking animate awareness or sensation
3
: lacking humane feeling : brutal
insensately adverb
Synonyms
- inanimate
- insensible
- insentient
- senseless
- unfeeling
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
the belief that God is immanent in all things, even insensate objects an insensate boss who refuses to allow time off for funerals
Recent Examples on the Web Jerome Powell and his Federal Reserve colleagues are hardly insensate to the risk that their inflation-fighting actions might bring Mr. Trump back to power. 
Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 14 June 2022 Realigning themselves with sophomoric virtues, the stars sell their souls in accommodation to the insensate new era. Armond White, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020
Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 14 June 2022 Realigning themselves with sophomoric virtues, the stars sell their souls in accommodation to the insensate new era. Armond White, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020 Word History
Etymology
Late Latin insensatus, from Latin in- + Late Latin sensatus having sense, from Latin sensus sense
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
insensate
adjective
in·sen·sate (ˈ)in-ˈsen-ˌsāt, -sət
: devoid of sensation or feeling
ulcers developed in the insensate foot
insensate
adjective
1
as in unconscious
lacking animate awareness or sensation the belief that God is immanent in all things, even insensate objects Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- unconscious
- inanimate
- unfeeling
- senseless
- insensible
- insentient
- lifeless
- comatose
- exanimate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- feeling
- sensitive
- sensible
- conscious
- sensate
- aware
- sentient
- cognizant
- animate
- lively
- animated
- vibrant
2
as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings an insensate boss who refuses to allow time off for funerals Synonyms & Similar Words
- ruthless
- merciless
- stony
- callous
- pitiless
- unfeeling
- remorseless
- insensitive
- compassionless
- inhuman
- obdurate
- soulless
- hateful
- heartless
- indurate
- oppressive
- hard
- cruel
- abusive
- vicious
- malicious
- unmerciful
- inhumane
- unsympathetic
- desensitized
- brutal
- affectless
- harsh
- stern
- uncharitable
- savage
- unthinking
- severe
- thoughtless
- grim
- unsparing
- hard-hearted
- tough
- uncaring
- heedless
- inconsiderate
- stoney
- case-hardened
- pachydermatous
- mean
- cold-blooded
- boorish
- thick-skinned
- ungentle
- slash-and-burn
- take-no-prisoners
- spiteful
- malevolent
- unfriendly
- barbarous
- jackbooted
- ironhearted
- hard-boiled
- rough
- disagreeable
- virulent
- unloving
- stonyhearted
- cold
- brutish
- bestial
- rancorous
- surly
- sledgehammer
- acrimonious
- austere
- ironfisted
- ill-tempered
- hard-bitten
- evil-minded
- ill-natured
- knock-down, drag-out
- heavy-handed
- frosty
- rough-and-tumble
- knock-down-and-drag-out
- ironhanded
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sympathetic
- sensitive
- warm
- humane
- benevolent
- compassionate
- merciful
- charitable
- gentle
- kind
- mild
- indulgent
- benignant
- tender
- kindhearted
- kindly
- lenient
- warmhearted
- softhearted
- friendly
- tenderhearted
- tolerant
- affectionate
- gracious
- cordial
- loving
- understanding
- clement
- good-natured
- fond
- good-tempered
- dissociabilities
- dissociability
- dissociable
- dissociablenesses
- dissocial
- dissocialise
- dissocialised
- dissocialises
- dissocialising
- dissocialized
- dissocializes
- dissocializing
- dissociate
- dissociated
- dissociates
- dissociating
- dissociation
- dissociations
- dissociative
- dissociative identity disorder
- dissoconch
- dissogeny
- dissogony
- dissolubilities
- dissolubility