desensitize
To render emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or…To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.: To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something.
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» Ziri became so desensitized to that.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesTo reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.
(ambitransitive)To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something.
Working in an Operating Room desensitized me to the sight of blood.
(ambitransitive)To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen.
(ambitransitive)To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light.
desensibilisieren, abstumpfen
огрубитьogrubitʹ, огрублятьogrubljatʹ, охладетьoxladetʹ
(ambitransitive)To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex.
(ambitransitive)To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink.
- make insensitive
- cause not to be sensitive
Examples
10 sentencesZiri became so desensitized to that.
Yanni got desensitized to the sight of blood.
Felix became a little desensitized to scary things.
Being desensitized to violence and trauma isn't something to be proud of.
Ziri became so desensitized.
Translations
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Origin
From de- (“not, do the opposite of, undo”) + sensitize. First attested in the 1900s.From de- (“not, do the opposite of, undo”) + sensitize. First attested in the 1900s.
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Forms
desensitizes, desensitizing, desensitized, desensitized| Base form | desensitize · to desensitize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | desensitizes |
| Present participle | desensitizing |
| Past simple | desensitized |
| Past participle | desensitized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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