I dislike Chris because he is very rude and insensitive.
Source: tatoeba (236775)
Insensitive
//ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv//
Synonyms for "insensitive" (199 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (99)
insusceptibleinuredloutishloutymercilessmonstrousnastynonjudgmentalnumbobdurateobliviousobtuseoffensivephilistinephlegmaticpromiscuousproof againstrockysenselesssoulless
Show 50 more words
steeledsteeled againststeelystonystonyheartedtactlessthickthick skinnedthick wittedthick-skinnedthick-wittedthoughtlessunaffectedunconcerneduncriticaluncriticizingundemandingundifferentiatingundiscreetundiscriminatingundiscriminativeunexactingunfastidiousunfeelingunfeltunfeminineungenteelungentleungentlemanlyunimpressibleunimpressionableunkindunladylikeunmercifulunmeticulousunnaturalunparticularunperceptiveunreactiveunrefinedunresponsiveunselectiveunsensitiveunsolicitousunsubtleunsusceptibleunsympatheticuntactfulvulgarwholesale
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Translations
46 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- безчувствен adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- нечувствителен adj (not having normal physical feeling)
Catalan
2 entries- insensible adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- insensible adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Finnish
4 entries- kylmä adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- tunnoton adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- tunteeton adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- turta adj (not having normal physical feeling)
French
2 entries- insensible adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- insensible adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Hindi
2 entries- असंवेदनशील adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- असंवेदनशील adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Hungarian
3 entries- tapintatlan adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- érzéketlen adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- érzéketlen adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Japanese
4 entries- 平気な adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- 平気な adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- 無神経な adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- 無神経な adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Kapampangan
1 entries- luse adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Macedonian
2 entries- бе́счувствен adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- бесчувстви́телен adj (not having normal physical feeling)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ufølsom adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- ufølsom adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- onemfintlich adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- onemfintlich adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Polish
2 entries- bezduszny adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- nieczuły adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Portuguese
1 entries- insensível adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Spanish
2 entries- insensible adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- insensible adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Swedish
2 entries- känslolös adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- okänslig adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
Turkish
4 entries- anlayışsız adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- duygusuz adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- duygusuz adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- hissiz adj (not having normal physical feeling)
Ukrainian
4 entries- нечу́йний adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- нечу́лий adj (not having normal physical feeling)
- нечу́лий adj (not having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic)
- нечутли́вий adj (not having normal physical feeling)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Soles of the feet are insensitive to heat and cold.
Source: tatoeba (274482)
She is not so insensitive a girl as to laugh at a funeral.
Source: tatoeba (315543)
This director is not insensitive to criticism.
Source: tatoeba (838815)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.