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
Obdurate and desensitized are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obdurate" instead an adjective "Desensitized".
Nearby Words: desensitised, desensitizing
Obdurate
Obdurate adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Usage example: the obdurate refusal of the crotchety old man to let the neighborhood kids retrieve their stray ball from his backyard
Desensitized and obdurate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desensitized" instead an adjective "Obdurate".
Nearby Words: obduracy, obdurately
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and desensitized
- hard and obdurate
- merciless and desensitized
- merciless and obdurate
- unfeeling and desensitized
- unfeeling and obdurate
- cold and desensitized
- cold and obdurate
- callous and desensitized
- callous and obdurate
- cold-blooded and desensitized
- cold-blooded and obdurate
- unsympathetic and desensitized
- unsympathetic and obdurate
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Obdurate and Desensitized. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/desensitized/obdurate
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