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Word Meanings - INSENSATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. Wordsworth. The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. Buckle. -- In*sen"sate*ly, adv. -- In*sen"sate*ness, n.

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  • BESOTTINGLY
    In a besotting manner.
  • OBTUSE
    1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. 2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton. 3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse
  • WITTS
    Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. Knight.
  • BESOTTED
    Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. "Besotted devotion." Sir W. Scott. -- Be*sot"ted*ly, adv. -- Be*sot"ted*ness, n. Milton.
  • STOLIDNESS
    See STOLIDITY
  • WITTED
    Having a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.
  • WITTY
    1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. "The deep-revolving witty Buckingham." Shak. 2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem,
  • WITTINESS
    The quality of being witty.
  • WITTOLLY
    Like a wittol; cuckoldly. Shak.
  • STUPIDITY
    1. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness. 2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. A stupidity Past admiration strikes me, joined with fear. Chapman.
  • STOLID
    Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.
  • DOLTISH
    Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown. -- Dolt"ish*ly, adv. -- Dolt"ish*ness, n.
  • OBTUSE-ANGLED; OBTUSE-ANGULAR
    Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle.
  • STUPID
    1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons. O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As to forsake the living God! Milton. With wild surprise, A moment stupid,
  • WITTINGLY
    Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.
  • OBTUSENESS
    State or quality of being obtuse.
  • PROSY
    1. Of or pertaining to prose; like prose. 2. Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.
  • WITTICASTER
    A witling. Milton.
  • PROSYLOGISM
    A syllogism preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.
  • WITTILY
    In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with it; with a delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of ideas. Who his own harm so wittily contrives. Dryden.
  • DISWITTED
    Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. Drayton.
  • TWITTERING
    1. The act of one who, or that which, twitters. 2. A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense. A widow, who had a twittering towards a second husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the
  • SODDEN-WITTED
    Heavy; dull. Shak.
  • LEPROSY
    A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one
  • UNWITTING
    Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. -- Un*wit"ting*ly, adv.
  • TWITTER
    One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.
  • HALF-WITTED
    Weak in intellect; silly.
  • TWITTLE-TWATTLE
    Tattle; gabble. L'Estrange.
  • FAT-WITTED
    Dull; stupid. Shak.
  • SLOW-WITTED
    Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.

 

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