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sense·less
 senseless
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- pronunciation:
- sens
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
without sensation; unconscious.
- synonyms:
- insensible, unconscious
- antonyms:
- conscious, sensible
- similar words:
- comatose, insensate, insentient, numb
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| definition 2: |
without meaning.
senseless violence- synonyms:
- meaningless, pointless, purposeless, stupid
- antonyms:
- meaningful
- similar words:
- aimless, cockamamie, empty, groundless, haphazard, inane, irrational, nonsensical, ridiculous, useless
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| definition 3: |
without intelligence; foolish; stupid.
a senseless boy- synonyms:
- foolish, stupid
- antonyms:
- intelligent, sensible, wise
- similar words:
- addlebrained, asinine, crazy, dumb, empty, fatuous, idiotic, imbecile, inane, inept, mindless, rattlebrained, silly, simpleminded, unintelligent, witless
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| related words: |
absurd, blind, fool, insane, mad, preposterous, unreasonable, wanton |
adverb + (adj.)senseless
apparently, increasingly, seemingly, utterly
(adj.)senseless
+ adverb
excessively
(adj.)senseless
+ noun
accident,
act,
bat,
brutality,
crime,
death,
destruction,
hatred,
horror,
killing,
loss,
murder,
outrage,
phrase,
rage,
shooting,
slaughter,
suffering,
tragedy,
violence,
war,
waste
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| derivations: |
senselessly (adv.), senselessness (n.) |
The word senseless
contains the following part:
sens, sent1
Latin
root
that means to feel, to perceive
  Example words:
assent, consent, desensitize, dissent, insensate, resent, sensation, senseless, sensibility, sensible, sensitive, sensitivity, sensitize, sensory, sensual, sensuous, sentiment, sentimental
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