desensitized

adjective

Definition of desensitizednext
as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings having lived through the horrors of war, the soldiers had seemingly become desensitized to virtually all human suffering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desensitized
  1. ruthless
  2. merciless
  3. insensitive
  4. hard
  5. callous
Adjective
  • The techno is deafening, but Walker, who went on these trips herself before starting her career as a cinematographer, dances us through the chaos with ruthless resolve.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Paramount+ In Star Trek lore, Klingons are rugged, ruthless warriors.
    Carlos Mejia, PCMAG, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of ruthless
Adjective
  • The woman doubts what is happening to her, doubts her surroundings, doubts her recent experiences, but the boy urges her on, merciless.
    Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But the ruthless cleaning up of those streets and merciless treatment of gang members have triggered outrage and concern among human rights organizations, which have condemned Cecot as inhumane and unacceptable.
    David Culver, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of merciless
Adjective
  • But his team didn’t think a racially insensitive comedian at a Madison Square Garden rally would matter in the end.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In a five-minute video posted on TikTok on Friday, Bode — who uses a wheelchair on screen and in real life — shared her thoughts on the insensitive comments circulating online about Nessarose, the younger sister of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo).
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of insensitive
Adjective
  • Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.
    Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
Definition of hard
Adjective
  • This absence of regulation has led to sometimes grotesque and callous treatment of human remains, an NBC News investigation found.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The often callous nature of the US health care system has long been a point of wide discussion, with evidence piling up that the way the country provides medical services is costly in both money and human life.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of callous
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