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insensibilizado

[ĩ.sẽ.si.bi.li.zá.du]
adjectivemasculinepl: insensibilizados
desensitized, numbed, made insensitive
1. made insensitive or unresponsive to something; emotionally or physically numbed
The patient was insensibilized before the surgery.
O paciente foi insensibilizado antes da cirurgia.
2. become indifferent or unaffected by repeated exposure
He became insensibilized to the violence after watching too many films.
Ele se tornou insensibilizado à violência depois de assistir a muitos filmes.
3. rendered incapable of feeling or responding emotionally
Society has become insensibilized to poverty.
A sociedade ficou insensibilizada à pobreza.
NYC Slang
numb
Synonyms
anestesiadoadormecidoindiferentedesinteressadoimpassível
Antonyms
sensibilizadosensívelresponsivoatentointeressado

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
insensibilizado
standard usage in medical and emotional contexts
Portugal
insensibilizado
commonly used, same as Brazilian Portuguese
São Paulo
insensibilizado
standard usage

Related Idioms & Phrases

insensibilizado ao sofrimento
insensibilizado pelas repetições
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