All desensitise synonyms
de·sen·si·tize
D d verb desensitise
- numb — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
- deaden — If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
- dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
- anaesthetise — anesthetize.
- anaesthetize — When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
- benumb — to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold