say it: di-SEN-suh-tahy-zing
desensitizing is an adjective meaning "making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli". It carries one recorded sense.
making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for desensitizing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.