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
Thick-skinned and desensitized are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thick-skinned" instead an adjective "Desensitized".
Nearby Words: desensitised, desensitizing
Thick-skinned
Thick-skinned adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Usage example: was so thick-skinned that she was clueless about the fact that the joke had hurt her friend's feelings
Desensitized and thick-skinned are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desensitized" instead an adjective phrase "Thick-skinned".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dull and desensitized
- dull and thick-skinned
- unfeeling and desensitized
- unfeeling and thick-skinned
- cold and desensitized
- cold and thick-skinned
- callous and desensitized
- callous and thick-skinned
- indifferent and desensitized
- indifferent and thick-skinned
- numb and desensitized
- numb and thick-skinned
- deadened and desensitized
- deadened and thick-skinned
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Thick-skinned and Desensitized. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/desensitized/thick-skinned
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