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What is the adjective for desensitize?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs sensationalize, sense, sensitize, desensitise, sensitise, desensationalize, sensate, sensationalise, sensualise and sensualize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sensible

(now dated or formal) Perceptible by the senses.
Easily perceived; appreciable.
(archaic) Able to feel or perceive.
(archaic) Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive.
Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.
(archaic) Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.
Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason.
Characterized more by usefulness or practicality than by fashionableness, especially of clothing.
Synonyms:

rational, reasonable, logical, sound, wise, judicious, practical, astute, prudent, commonsensical, realistic, shrewd, sober, intelligent, discerning, pragmatic, levelheaded, reasoned, sagacious, informed, sharp, sane, clever, thoughtful, commonsense, balanced, sage, canny, valid, coherent, good, knowing, commonsensible, together, justified, just, solid, circumspect, grounded, hard, discriminating, analytical, mature, firm, analytic, responsible, discreet, farsighted, consequent, level-headed … more

Examples:

“They manage to make this sound quite sensible and to the benefit of both patients and the NHS.”

“This made for a wet ride but was a sensible design for working at sea.”

“There is at least one potential architecture that will allow you to build the system with a sensible amount of risk and at reasonable cost.”

sensitive

having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
Responsive to stimuli.
(of a person) easily offended, upset or hurt
(of an issue, topic, etc.) capable of offending, upsetting or hurting
(of an instrument) accurate
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Examples:

“We were given a long debriefing on how to be sensitive to the feelings of the mourners.”

“The hot coffee burnt Kramer's sensitive skin while he was in the cinema.”

“My bruise was still a little sensitive a few days after my accident.”

sensational

Of or pertaining to sensation.
Piquing or arousing the senses.
Provocative.
Exceptionally great.
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Examples:

“It also made a special mention of the sensational performance by the comedy dance team of Red and Curley.”

“This regulation is aimed at preventing the presentation of sensational images to boost media ratings.”

“The dire wolves whom he had befriended had been telling one another sensational tales of the special owl who would retrieve the ember.”

senseless

Without feeling or consciousness; deprived of sensation
Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense
Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement
Synonyms:

foolish, stupid, silly, absurd, nonsensical, brainless, crazy, fatuous, witless, daft, preposterous, asinine, unwise, insane, nutty, wacky, mad, lunatic, crackpot, idiotic, loony, dippy, daffy, cuckoo, dotty, kooky, whacky, simpleminded, looney, harebrained, zany, kookie, ridiculous, irrational, lunkheaded, unintelligent, bubbleheaded, balmy, ludicrous, featherheaded, inane, inept, cockeyed, screwball, imbecilic, jerky, tomfool, sappy, fool, illogical … more

Examples:

“I glanced at her while Catherine continued her senseless babble about the virtues of being Paul.”

“During 2003, we must pass meaningful legislation in Congress to stop senseless lawsuits.”

“It was just so very hard to indulge in senseless entertainment when she could see no practical value to it.”

sensate

Perceived by one or more of the senses.
Having the ability to sense things physically.
Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
Synonyms:

sentient, living, animate, live, breathing, alive, conscious, alert, sapient, feeling, aware, awake, intelligent, flesh-and-blood, self-aware, capable of feeling … more

sensuous

Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.
(not comparable) Of or relating to the senses; sensory.
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Examples:

“It is up to chance whether or not one stumbles on the sensuous triggers that can unlock the memories.”

“Have a sensuous meal with your mate. Include chocolate!”

“During the interwar period, there was little more sensuous in the arts than a woman in command, celebrating the eroticism of the body.”

sensual

(not comparable) Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.
Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.
Synonyms:

lewd, lustful, erotic, carnal, lascivious, libidinous, lecherous, licentious, raunchy, randy, passionate, sexual, sexy, hot, steamy, fleshly, unchaste, debauched, physical, arousing, animal, bodily, corporeal, sensuous, hedonistic, luscious, epicurean, sybaritic, seductive, luxurious, lush, exciting, heavy, unspiritual, voluptuary, animalistic, appetitive, Dionysiac, pleasing, delightful, hedonic, X-rated, hot and heavy, physically gratifying, salacious, wanton, lubricious, prurient, dissolute, horny … more

Examples:

“Trusselby, with his store of sensual tales of priests and nuns, is without a home, being forced to earn his keep in winter by repeating his stories in peasant homes.”

“Involvement with a sensual woman is often for Maupassant's hero a terrifying experience, from which many evils, not the least of which is death itself, can ensue.”

“A second side to aestheticism in painting was the recovery of classicism, but now in sensual or symbolic guise.”

sensable

Capable of being sensed; perceptible, tangible.
Misspelling of sensible.

sensualistic

sensual
Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.
Synonyms:

epicurean, horny, hot, lusty, provocative, sensual, steamy, voluptuous

Examples:

“Indulging in lavish feasts and passionate encounters, their sensualistic lifestyle became the epitome of hedonism.”

sensationalist

Sensationalistic; tending to sensationalize; characterized by sensationalism (the use of exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention).
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Examples:

“The irony is that this is not written in a sensationalist manner.”

sensely

Of, pertaining to, or perceived by sense or the senses; sensory; sensual; sensible.

sensical

(neologism) That makes sense; showing internal logic; sensible.
Synonyms:

logical, rational, sensible

Examples:

“A nonsensical sentence, then, is one which is inconsistent with S, while a sensical sentence is one which is consistent with S.”

“As such, it is both fitting and ironic that the conclusion of sensical reason should be found in the attributions of the pretend itself.”

“As they are not verifiable in any sense of the term they are non sensical and pseudo-statements.”

sensorial

Of or pertaining to sensation or the senses; sensory.
Synonyms:

sensitive, sensuous, sensational, sensatory, sensory, sensile, sensual, sensible

Examples:

“But even this selection inhibits only the attitude and not the sensorial excitement.”

“The color alternations intensify at various moments, as though attempting to overwhelm the viewer's sensorial apparatus.”

“The nation's industrial heart, Ho Chi Minh City whacks the visitor like a sensorial avalanche.”

senseful

(now rare) Full of sense; meaningful; significant.
Examples:

“In our understanding, lighting installations should combine proven and modern technology in a senseful synthesis.”

“We are actively involved in these committees and thus make a constructive contribution to senseful definitions and agreements.”

“Would that this partizanship of literary workers for the senseful nature of dreams were only more unequivocal!”

sensive

(obsolete) Having sense or sensibility; sensitive.

sensificatory

(archaic) Susceptible of, or converting into, sensation; sensory.

sensific

Exciting sensation; causing something to be felt.

sensitized

Made sensitive, especially to some specific agent.
Synonyms:

sensifacient

converting into sensation

sensory

Of the senses or sensation.
Synonyms:

sensorial, sensatory, sensational, sensile, sensitive, sensual, sensible, sensuous

Examples:

“Indeed, nerve cells that receive converging sensory inputs are quite widespread in the brain.”

sensitising

Alternative spelling of sensitizing

sensationalizable

(rare) That can be sensationalized.
Examples:

“In any case, the broadsheets find enough sensationalizable material in politics and business for their own marketing purposes.”

“Granted that when presidential primary season sets in, the least abnormality, or the most sensationalizable normality, becomes the focus of the procrustean imperative.”

sensitised

Alternative spelling of sensitized

sensorlike

Resembling or characteristic of a sensor.

sensiferous

Exciting or conveying sensation.

sensillar

Of or relating to a sensillum.

sensigenous

Causing or exciting sensation.

sensationalistic

sensationalist
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Examples:

“The journalist's sensationalistic coverage of the celebrity scandal captured the attention of the entire nation, fueling public interest and excitement.”

“Crime coverage, especially on the local TV news, is invariably sensationalistic.”

“Many people complain about the saturation news coverage given to yucky, sensationalistic stories of limited public value.”

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