insensibility
Complete lack of feeling
Insensibility is the state of being unable to feel or respond.
It can mean physical unconsciousness: He was beaten to the point of insensibility.
More often it describes emotional or moral numbness—a failure to register what should affect you: Her insensibility to the suffering around her was chilling.
The word suggests a deficit, an absence of appropriate response.
Complete lack of awareness
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
- blackoutComplete power loss
- faintWeak and indistinct
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
syncope · stupor · collapse · sedation · knockout · oblivion · senselessness · passing out
Lack of awareness
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- ignoranceAbsence of knowledge
- blindnessAbsence of vision
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
unmindfulness · inattention · disregard · incomprehension · unknowing · cluelessness · unconsciousness
Loss of sensation
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- analgesiaAbsence of sensation
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
- desensitizationReduced response over time
paralysis · stupor · torpor · unresponsiveness · dulled · blunted · nervelessness · frozen
Absence of feeling
- indifferenceLack of interest
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- dispassionFreedom from emotional bias
coldness · aloofness · impassivity · unfeeling · callousness · hardheartedness · stoniness · numbness
unconsciousness
Complete lack of awareness
swoon · syncope · stupor · collapse · sedation · knockout · oblivion · senselessness · passing out · blacking out
obliviousness
Lack of awareness
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- ignoranceAbsence of knowledge
- blindnessAbsence of vision
heedlessness · unmindfulness · inattention · disregard · incomprehension · unknowing · cluelessness · unconsciousness
numbness
Loss of sensation
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- analgesiaAbsence of sensation
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
desensitization · paralysis · stupor · torpor · unresponsiveness · dulled · blunted · nervelessness · frozen · immobility
apathy
Absence of feeling
- indifferenceLack of interest
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- unconcernAbsence of worry
dispassion · coldness · aloofness · impassivity · unfeeling · callousness · hardheartedness · stoniness · numbness · disinterest
- sensory lossblindness, deafness, numbness, anosmia, hearing loss
- numbnessnumbness, tingling, pins and needles, deadness, paresthesia
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
- anesthesiaanesthesiologist, general anesthesia, local anesthesia, sedation, spinal anesthesia
insensibilityconsciousness
State of sentient awareness
sensation · sensibility · feeling · awareness · wakefulness
insensibilityfeeling
Sensed inner state
emotion · sensitivity · passion · sensibility · emotionality
insensibilitycompassion
Concern for others' distress
empathy · sympathy · caring · tenderness · warmth