different between imperturbable vs insensitive

English

Etymology

From Middle French imperturbable, from Late Latin imperturb?bilis, from im- + perturb? + -bilis. Surface analysis im- + perturbable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??mp??t??b?b?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??mp??t?b?b?l/

Adjective

imperturbable (comparative more imperturbable, superlative most imperturbable)

1. Not easily perturbed, upset or excited.
2. Calm and collected, even under pressure.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin imperturb?bilis.

Adjective

imperturbable (plural imperturbables)

1. imperturbable

Derived terms

• imperturbablement

Further reading

• “imperturbable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• imperturbábel

Etymology

From Late Latin imperturb?bilis.

Adjective

imperturbable m or f (plural imperturbables)

1. imperturbable

Derived terms

• imperturbabilidade
• imperturbablemente

Further reading

• “imperturbable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin imperturb?bilis.

Adjective

imperturbable m (feminine singular imperturbabla, masculine plural imperturbables, feminine plural imperturbablas)

1. imperturbable

Derived terms

• imperturbabilitat
• imperturbablament

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin imperturb?bilis.

Adjective

imperturbable (plural imperturbables)

1. imperturbable

Derived terms

• imperturbabilidad
• imperturbablemente

Further reading

• “imperturbable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

in- +? sensitive

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s?ns?t?v/

Adjective

insensitive (comparative more insensitive, superlative most insensitive)

1. Expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the feelings, emotions, sentiments, or concerns of other people; inconsiderate or incompassionate
2. Not expressing normal physical feeling;
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula

     It is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact.

3. Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic
   • 1895, Grant Allen, The British Barbarians

     Somehow, when Bertram Ingledew let it once be felt he did not wish to be questioned on any particular point, even women managed to restrain their curiosity: and he would have been either a very bold or a very insensitive man who would have ventured to continue questioning him any further.

   • 1994, Jann Arden, "Insensitive" (song)

     Oh I really should have known by the time you drove me home, / By the vagueness in your eyes, your casual good-byes, / By the chill in your embrace and the expression on your face, / That told me you might have some advice to give / On how to be insensitive.

Synonyms

• unaffected
• unsensitive

Antonyms

• sensitive

Derived terms

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