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INSENSITIVE definition: 1. not feeling or showing sympathy for other people's feelings, or refusing to give importance to…. Learn more.
Learn the meaning of insensitive, a word that describes someone or something that lacks feeling or tact. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.
Synonyms for INSENSITIVE: ruthless, merciless, callous, abusive, hard, harsh, stony, hateful; Antonyms of INSENSITIVE: sensitive, sympathetic, warm, charitable, compassionate, humane, merciful, gentle.
These are words and phrases related to insensitive. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of insensitive. He was always insensitive to the feelings of others. The fisherman's hands were insensitive to the cold.
When your foot is asleep, it's insensitive or numb — you can't feel your friend poking at it. When you get really cold, you can become insensitive to pain. In the other sense, insensitive means the opposite of caring and sympathetic — you're insensitive to other people's feelings.
insensitive (to something) not aware of changing situations, and therefore of the need to react to them. The government seems totally insensitive to the mood of the country. Many of the institutions were insensitive to the needs of their patients. insensitive (to something) not able to feel or react to something.
insensitive. If you describe someone as insensitive, you are criticizing them for being unaware of or unsympathetic to other people's feelings. Someone who is insensitive to a situation or to a need does not think or care about it. Someone who is insensitive to a physical sensation is unable to feel it.
