HyperDic: desensitize

English > 2 senses of the word *desensitize*:
VERB	perception	desensitize, desensitise	cause not to be sensitive
VERB	change	desensitize, desensitise	make insensitive

desensitize > pronunciation
Sounds	dihseh'nsahtay.z
Rhymes	actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...

English > *desensitize*: 2 senses > verb 1, perception
Meaning	Cause not to be sensitive.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Examples	"The war desensitized many soldiers" "The photographic plate was desensitized"
Synonym	desensitise
Narrower	besot, stupefy	make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
	deafen, deaf	make or render deaf
	numb, benumb, blunt, dull	make numb or insensitive
	stun, bedaze, daze	Overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Opposite	sensitize, sensitise	Cause to sense
Spanish	desensibilizar, insensibilizar
Nouns	desensitization	the process of reducing sensitivity

English > *desensitize*: 2 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	make insensitive.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP
Example	"His military training desensitized him"
Synonym	desensitise
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Opposite	sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise	make sensitive or aware
Spanish	desensibilizar, insensibilizar
Catalan	insensibilitzar
Nouns	desensitization	the process of reducing sensitivity

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