Synonyms for unfeelingness
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Noun
1. Insensibility
insensibility, hardness, numbness, callousness, inclemency, callosity
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Definitions
- n. 1
The state or condition of being unfeeling.
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Unfeelingness, the Saxon word that should be the exact equivalent of apathy, really means more, a lack of the feeling one ought to have, a censurable hardness of heart.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- hardness Mineral hardness is measured on the Mohs scale.
- numbness Don't eat till the numbness wears off.
- cruelty The prisoners were treated with monstrous cruelty.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unfeelingness | steady | |
| hardness | falling | |
| numbness | rising | |
| callousness | steady | |
| insensibility | steady | |
| cruelty | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- cruelty2
- 8 letters
- hardness2, numbness2
- 9 letters
- callosity
- 10 letters
- inclemency
- 11 letters
- callousness3
- 13 letters
- insensibility
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruelty2 = 2 syllables).