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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