Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to desensitize
Participle: desensitized
Gerund: desensitizing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | desensitize |
| you | desensitize |
| he;she;it | desensitizes |
| we | desensitize |
| you | desensitize |
| they | desensitize |
Perfect
| I | have desensitized |
| you | have desensitized |
| he;she;it | has desensitized |
| we | have desensitized |
| you | have desensitized |
| they | have desensitized |
Past
| I | desensitized |
| you | desensitized |
| he;she;it | desensitized |
| we | desensitized |
| you | desensitized |
| they | desensitized |
Pluperfect
| I | had desensitized |
| you | had desensitized |
| he;she;it | had desensitized |
| we | had desensitized |
| you | had desensitized |
| they | had desensitized |
Future
| I | will desensitize |
| you | will desensitize |
| he;she;it | will desensitize |
| we | will desensitize |
| you | will desensitize |
| they | will desensitize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have desensitized |
| you | will have desensitized |
| he;she;it | will have desensitized |
| we | will have desensitized |
| you | will have desensitized |
| they | will have desensitized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | desensitize |
| you | desensitize |
| he;she;it | desensitize |
| we | desensitize |
| you | desensitize |
| they | desensitize |
Perfect
| I | have desensitized |
| you | have desensitized |
| he;she;it | have desensitized |
| we | have desensitized |
| you | have desensitized |
| they | have desensitized |
Imperfect
| I | desensitized |
| you | desensitized |
| he;she;it | desensitized |
| we | desensitized |
| you | desensitized |
| they | desensitized |
Pluperfect
| I | had desensitized |
| you | had desensitized |
| he;she;it | had desensitized |
| we | had desensitized |
| you | had desensitized |
| they | had desensitized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would desensitize |
| you | would desensitize |
| he;she;it | would desensitize |
| we | would desensitize |
| you | would desensitize |
| they | would desensitize |
Perfect
| I | would have desensitized |
| you | would have desensitized |
| he;she;it | would have desensitized |
| we | would have desensitized |
| you | would have desensitized |
| they | would have desensitized |
Imperative
| you | desensitize |
| we | Let's desensitize |
| you | desensitize |
Verbs conjugated like 'desensitize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'desensitize'
desensitise,
resensitize,
densitize,
desanitize,
presensitize,
resensitise,
sensitize,
de-equitize,
definitize,
demephitize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From de- (“not, do the opposite of, undo”) + sensitize. First attested in the 1900s.
Sample Sentences
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Working in an Operating Room desensitized me to the sight of blood.
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[…] child pornography is often used by pedophiles and child sexual abusers to stimulate and whet their own sexual appetites, and as a model for sexual acting out with children; such use of child pornography can desensitize the viewer to the pathology of sexual abuse or exploitation of children, so that it can become acceptable to and even preferred by the viewer;[…] [1997, Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1997, Washington, D.C.: United States Congress:]