desensitising

1. 1.

   making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli

   Synonymsdesensitizing

   Similarnumbing

Questions about desensitising

What does desensitising mean?

desensitising means "making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli".

How many syllables are in desensitising?

desensitising has 5 syllables: de-sen-si-ti-sing. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for desensitising?

Close synonyms include desensitizing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is desensitising a common word?

desensitising is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.