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 and divides as de-sen-si-ti-sing under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.