desensitize

English

Alternative forms

desensitise (British)

Etymology

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Verb

desensitize (third-person singular simple present desensitizes, present participle desensitizing, simple past and past participle desensitized)

To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive.
Working in an Operating Room desensitized me to the sight of blood.

Derived terms

desensitization

Translations

cause to become insensitive

Catalan: insensibilitzar (ca)
Finnish: turruttaa (fi), totuttaa (fi), tehdä tunnottomaksi; valottaa (fi) (of film); siedättää (fi) (to an allergenic)
French: désensibiliser (fr)
German: desensibilisieren (de), abstumpfen (de)
Norwegian: desensitivisere
Portuguese: dessensibilizar
Romanian: desensibiliza (ro)
Russian: огрубить (ru) pf (ogrubitʹ), огрублять (ru) impf (ogrubljatʹ), охладеть (ru) (oxladetʹ) (figurative)
Spanish: desensibilizar, insensibilizar (es)
Swedish: avtrubba (sv)

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