different between insensible vs indolent
insensible
English
Etymology
From Old French insensible, from Late Latin ?ns?nsibilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?n.s?.bl?/
- Hyphenation: in?sen?si?ble
Adjective
insensible (comparative more insensible, superlative most insensible)
- Unable to be perceived by the senses.
- They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay.
- Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
- Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
- Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
- 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ
- If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, […] it shall be quashed.
- 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ
- Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
- Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 138
- In spite of her deep-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection...
- Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.
- Synonym: insensitive
Antonyms
- sensible
Derived terms
- insensibility
- insensibly
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French insensible, from Late Latin ?ns?nsibilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.s??.sibl/
- Homophone: insensibles
Adjective
insensible (plural insensibles)
- insensible
- impervious
Further reading
- “insensible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin ?ns?nsibilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /insen?sible/, [?n.s?n?si.??le]
Adjective
insensible (plural insensibles)
- insensible, insensitive, callous, cold, tactless
- Antonym: sensible
Related terms
- insensibilidad (possibly derived)
Further reading
- “insensible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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indolent
English
Etymology
From French indolent, from Latin indolens, from in- (“not”) +? dol?ns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??n.d?.l?nt/
Adjective
indolent (comparative more indolent, superlative most indolent)
- Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor
- Inducing laziness
- (medicine) Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.)
- (medicine) Healing slowly
Synonyms
- idle, work-shy; see also Thesaurus:lazy
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- deltonin, nontiled
French
Etymology
From Latin indolentem, accusative singular masculine and feminine of indol?ns, from in- (“not”) + dol?ns (“pain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.d?.l??/
- Homophone: indolents
Adjective
indolent (feminine singular indolente, masculine plural indolents, feminine plural indolentes)
- indolent (all senses)
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French indolent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ndo?l?nt/, /??ndol?nt/
- Hyphenation: in?do?lent
Adjective
indolent (comparative indolenter, superlative am indolentesten)
- indolent (mentally lazy)
- Synonym: denkfaul
- (medicine) insensible to pain
Declension
Related terms
- Indolenz
Further reading
- “indolent” in Duden online
- “indolent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Romanian
Etymology
From French indolent, from Latin indolens.
Adjective
indolent m or n (feminine singular indolent?, masculine plural indolen?i, feminine and neuter plural indolente)
- indolent
Declension
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