despicable vs insensate

despicable

noun
  • A wretched or wicked person. 

adj
  • Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean. 

insensate

noun
  • One who is insensate. 

verb
  • To render insensate; to deprive of sensation or consciousness. 

adj
  • Not responsive to sensory stimuli. 

  • Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive. 

  • Senseless; foolish; irrational. 

  • Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate. 

How often have the words despicable and insensate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )