vegetation. 
     V. be insensible &c. adj.; have a rhinoceros hide; show insensibility
&c. n.; not mind, not care, not be affected by; have no desire for &c. 866; have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in; nil admirari[Lat]; not care a straw &c. (unimportance) 643 for; disregard &c. (neglect) 460; set at naught &c. (make light of) 483; turn a deaf ear to &c. (inattention) 458; vegetate.
     render insensible, render callous; blunt, obtund[obs3], numb, benumb,
paralyze, deaden, hebetate[obs3], stun, stupefy; brutify[obs3]; brutalize; chloroform, anaesthetize[obs3], put under; assify[obs3].
     inure; harden the heart; steel, caseharden, sear. 
     Adj. insensible, unconscious; impassive, impassible; blind to, deaf
to, dead to; unsusceptible, insusceptible; unimpressionable[obs3], unimpressible[obs3]; passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless; unfeeling, unmoral.
     apathetic; leuco-|, phlegmatic; dull, frigid; cold blooded, cold
hearted; cold as charity; flat, maudlin, obtuse, inert, supine, sluggish, torpid, torpedinous[obs3], torporific[obs3]; sleepy &c. (inactive) 683; languid, half-hearted, tame; numbed; comatose; anaesthetic &c. 376; stupefied, chloroformed, drugged, stoned; palsy-stricken.
     indifferent, lukewarm; careless, mindless, regardless; inattentive &c.
458; neglectful &c. 460; disregarding.
     unconcerned, nonchalant, pococurante[obs3], insouciant, sans
souci[Fr]; unambitious &c. 866.
     unaffected, unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved,
unstirred, untouched, unshocked[obs3], unstruck[obs3]; unblushing &c. (shameless) 885; unanimated; vegetative.
     callous, thick-skinned, hard-nosed, pachydermatous, impervious;
hardened; inured, casehardened; steeled against, proof against; imperturbable &c. (inexcitable) 826[obs3]; unfelt. 
     Adv. insensibly &c. adj.; aequo animo[Lat]; without being moved,
without being touched, without being impressed; in cold blood; with dry eyes, with withers unwrung[obs3]. 
     Phr. never mind; macht nichts [German], it is of no consequence &c.
(unimportant) 643; it cannot be helped; nothing coming amiss; it is all the same to, it is all one to.

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     #824.  Excitation. —­ N. excitation of feeling; mental excitement;
suscitation[obs3], galvanism, stimulation, piquance, piquancy, provocation, inspiration, calling forth, infection; animation, agitation, perturbation; subjugation, fascination, intoxication; enravishment[obs3]; entrancement; pressure, tension, high pressure.
     unction, impressiveness &c. adj.
     trail of temper, casus belli[Lat]; irritation &c. (anger) 900; passion
&c. (state of excitability) 825; thrill &c. (feeling) 821; repression of feeling &c. 826; sensationalism, yellow journalism. 
     V. excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate,
inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood,