desensitizing

Adjective

Meaning

making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

numbing deadening drugging desensitize desensitise blunting desensitising

Antonyms

sensitizing sensitising

Examples

When I was a kid, we watched the Vietnam War on the six o'clock news, and it was desensitizing. You felt you were watching a war film; meanwhile you were really watching these guys getting blown to bits. Parents need to protect their kids from watching that stuff. Johnny Depp

If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life. Thandie Newton

I think this can lead to a desensitizing to real pain and suffering. Source: Internet

Sensodyne, desensitizing toothpaste, has been relieving the pain of sensitive teeth for over 40 years. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

desensitization technique desensitize desensitizer desequestrate desequestration Deseret