Words Like DESENSITIZE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DESENSITIZE.

10 Alternative Words Similar to desensitize

1 Desensitise Verb      Synonym Words Like Desensitise
2 Alter Verb      Synonym Words Like Alter
3 Change Verb      Synonym Words Like Change
4 Modify Verb      Synonym Words Like Modify
5 Deaden Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Deaden
6 Benumb Verb      Hyponym Words Like Benumb
7 Stupefy Verb      Hyponym Words Like Stupefy
8 Dull Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dull
9 Numb Verb      Hyponym Words Like Numb
10 Blunt Verb      Hyponym Words Like Blunt

1 examples of desensitize

1 The photographic plate was desensitized

8 definitions of desensitize

1 to rendered insensitive or less sensitive. Opposite of sensitize.
2 make insensitive
3 cause not to be sensitive
4 To render insensitive or less sensitive.
5 Immunology To make (an individual) nonreactive or insensitive to an antigen.
6 To make emotionally insensitive or unresponsive, as by long exposure or repeated shocks: "This movie in effect may resensitize people who thought they were desensitized to violence” ( Steven Spielberg).
7 To make (a photographic film or substance) less sensitive to light.
8 to cause to become less sensitive or insensitive
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