Definition of Desensitize

1. Verb. Cause not to be sensitive. "The photographic plate was desensitized"

Exact synonyms: Desensitise
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Benumb, Blunt, Dull, Numb, Bedaze, Daze, Stun, Besot, Stupefy, Deaf, Deafen
Derivative terms: Desensitisation, Desensitization
Antonyms: Sensitise, Sensitize

2. Verb. Make insensitive. "His military training desensitized him"
Exact synonyms: Desensitise
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Desensitisation, Desensitization
Antonyms: Sensitize

Definition of Desensitize

1. [v -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desensitize

deselected
deselecting
deselects
desensitisation
desensitisation
desensitisation procedure
desensitisation technique
desensitise
desensitise
desensitised
desensitising
desensitization
desensitization
desensitization procedure
desensitization technique
desensitize (current term)
desensitized
desensitizer
desensitizers
desensitizes
desensitizing
deserpidine
desert
desert
deserted
deserter
deserters
desertic
desertic soil
desertification

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