Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

insensible

/ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/ adjective

  1. adjective Unable to be perceived by the senses. “an insensible shift in emphasis”
  2. adjective Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
  3. adjective Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
  4. adjective Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
  5. adjective Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
  6. adjective Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.

Synonyms

imperceptible unperceivable imperceivable indiscernible undetectable undiscernible undistinguishable anesthetic insensate insensitive unsensitive inscrutable unexplainable abstruse Chinese dense enigmatic fathomless bottomless Greek unaffected senseless

Antonyms

perceptible sensible conspicuous detectable discernable noticeable observable perceivable sensable sensate

Etymology

From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility. Milton.
  2. adjective Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; --often used with of or to. Accept an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or insensible to his kindness. Sir H. Wotton.

Etymology [L. insensibilis: cf. F. insensible. See In- not, and Sensible.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “insensible”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “insensible” (best matches first).

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