Affectless
Affectless adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Usage example: an affectless analysis of the cost of the war purely in pecuniary terms
Desensitized and affectless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Desensitized" instead an adjective "Affectless".
Desensitized
Desensitized adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Usage example: having lived through the horrors of war, the soldiers had seemingly become desensitized to virtually all human suffering
Affectless and desensitized are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affectless" instead an adjective "Desensitized".
Nearby Words: desensitised, desensitizing
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unsparing and affectless
- unsparing and desensitized
- hard and affectless
- hard and desensitized
- merciless and affectless
- merciless and desensitized
- unfeeling and affectless
- unfeeling and desensitized
- inhuman and affectless
- inhuman and desensitized
- cold and affectless
- cold and desensitized
- indifferent and affectless
- indifferent and desensitized
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