Antonyms for senseless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sens-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛns lɪs

Definition of senseless

Origin : 1550s, "without sensation," from sense (n.) + -less. Of actions, etc., "devoid of purpose, proceeding from lack of intelligence," it is attested from 1570s. Related: Senselessly; senselessness.

adj silly, meaningless

Example sentences :

But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

Lady Delacour was senseless, supported in the surgeon's arms.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

"Five dollars," repeated the old lady, lapsing into senseless iteration.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

The death of her son had been like a blow on the head that had felled her senseless to the ground.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

It appeared that all the cattle on the plain joined in the blind and senseless charge.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

They're not senseless brutes; they have a streak of man's intelligence.
Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter

But again that unexplainable, senseless "hunch" restrained him.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

An hour after he had gone back and found him a senseless thing, human only in shape.
Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith

No; you remember that she was senseless at the moment when the bottle was opened.
Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The wretch lifted his fist to strike her senseless, but the blow did not fall.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish

Synonyms for senseless

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