INSENSIBILITIES Synonyms: 12 Similar Words

insensibilities

noun

plural of insensibility

as in trances

a temporary state of unconsciousness knocked into insensibility by the blow to the head

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Noun

Unlike in Cutud, participants are mostly female faith healers adhering not to vows but to mystic trances and possession.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026

Definition of trances

Noun

The environment of wartime New York rings out silently but urgently from Nighthawks; as a temple of fluorescent light persisting through the infernal darkness, Hopper’s diner figuratively and symbolically resists the blackouts imposed upon the city.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Cubans have protested the constant blackouts and their poor living conditions throughout the year, but the protests have remained contained, and the government crackdown that usually follows has deterred many from joining in.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of blackouts

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The latter, of course, gives better info, and the former gives fleeting metaphors and nearly faints from embarrassment.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.

— John Biggs, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025

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