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
Remorseless and desensitized are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Remorseless" instead an adjective "Desensitized".
Nearby Words: desensitised, desensitizing
Remorseless
Remorseless adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Usage example: a remorseless and implacable hit man wordlessly pursuing his victim
Desensitized and remorseless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desensitized" instead an adjective "Remorseless".
Nearby Words: remorse, remorseful
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Related pairs
- hard and desensitized
- hard and remorseless
- merciless and desensitized
- merciless and remorseless
- unfeeling and desensitized
- unfeeling and remorseless
- inhuman and desensitized
- inhuman and remorseless
- unmerciful and desensitized
- unmerciful and remorseless
- callous and desensitized
- callous and remorseless
- cold-blooded and desensitized
- cold-blooded and remorseless
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