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Insensate

Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.

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Unfeeling 84% connected

Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible; insensate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unfeeling 84% connected

Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible; insensate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cold 92% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cold-blooded 92% connected

Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inhuman 92% connected

Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Animate 94% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Animate 94% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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