Synonyms for insensitive
- adjective
Most common
callous rude thick-skinned thoughtless insensible dead ruthless
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Callous — not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic
callous, rude, thick-skinned, thoughtless, unsympathetic, heartless, hard-hearted, harsh, crude, apathetic, brutal, hard, cold, stony-hearted, numb, unrefined, dull, hardened, ill-bred, stony, insensate formal, pachydermatous formal
2. Insensible — not expressing normal physical feeling
insensible, dead, anesthetic US CA, anaesthesic UK, anaesthetic UK
3. Ruthless — expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the feelings, emotions…
Other
Definitions
- adj. 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.
- adj. 2
Not expressing normal physical feeling.
- adj. 3
Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic.
Related words
- Word family
- insensitively insensitiveness insensitivity
- Phrases
- case-insensitive
Example sentences
- rude The professor thought it rude to say such a thing.
- callous There is no need to be callous about deforestation.
- thoughtless Thoughtless speech may give rise to great mischief.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| insensitive | steady | |
| rude | rising | |
| callous | rising | |
| thoughtless | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hard1, dead1, cold1, rude1, dull1, numb1
- 5 letters
- harsh1, crude1, stony2
- 6 letters
- brutal2, numbed1
- 7 letters
- callous2
- 8 letters
- ruthless2, hardened2
- 9 letters
- heartless2, apathetic4, unrefined3, insensate
- 10 letters
- anesthetic4, insensible4
- 11 letters
- thoughtless2, anaesthetic4, anaesthesic
- 13 letters
- unsympathetic5
- 14 letters
- pachydermatous
- 15 letters
- uncompassionate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (stony2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- insensible
- Italiano
- insensibile
- Español
- insensible
- Deutsch
- gefühllos