desensitize

Meaning

1. (ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.
2. (ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.
3. (ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.
4. (ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.
5. (ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.

Synonyms

desensitise

deaden

brutalize

dehumanize

demonize

dull

anesthetize

inure

numb

obtund

paralyze

toughen

harden

benumb

Translations

désensibiliser

insensibilizar

desensibilizzare

dessensibilizar

insensibilitzar

αποτραχύνω

ελαττώνω την ευπάθεια

anesthésier

insensibiliser

desensibiliseren

insensibilizar

desensibilizar

قلّل حساسية

hassasiyetini azaltmak

unempfindlich machen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/

Etymology

From de- (“not, do the opposite of, undo”) + sensitize. First attested in the 1900s.