desensitize

Other forms of desensitize

past tense

desensitized·

present participle

desensitizing·

third person

desensitizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about desensitize

What does desensitize mean?

desensitize means "cause not to be sensitive". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in desensitize?

desensitize has 4 syllables: de-sen-si-tize. The stress falls on "sen". In IPA it is /dɪˈsɛnsəˌtaɪz/.

What is another word for desensitize?

Close synonyms include desensitise, desensitise. 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.

What is the opposite of desensitize?

The recorded antonyms are sensitize, sensitize.

Is desensitize a common word?

desensitize 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.

What rhymes with desensitize?

17 words rhyme with desensitize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.