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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  1. trances
  2. blackouts
  3. faints
  4. swims
  5. swoons
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
  • AVs can cause safety issues, especially during inclement weather, blackouts and on roads where there's construction or unusual traffic.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Outside the capital, the blackouts may last 48 hours or more before the power returns for another couple of hours.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of blackouts
Noun
  • 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
Definition of faints
Noun
  • The narrative is punctuated by prose-poems about the water conditions during her swims, which varied enormously from day to day and month to month, sometimes exquisite, sometimes terrifying.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Almost everything on the menu grows, swims, or gets distilled within a few kilometers of the kitchen.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of swims
Noun
  • There would be periods of spectacular growth followed by horrendous swoons that would wipe out all of the gains.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Calm and good-natured, the 33-year-old swoons these days over his 8-month old daughter, trying to stay positive.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
Definition of swoons
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“Insensibilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensibilities. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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