| VERB | perception | desensitise, desensitize | cause not to be sensitive |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | desensitise, desensitize | make insensitive |
| Meaning | Cause not to be sensitive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | desensitize | |
| Narrower | besot, stupefy | make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation |
| deafen, deaf | make or render deaf | |
| numb, benumb, blunt, dull | make numb or insensitive | |
| stun, bedaze, daze | Overcome as with astonishment or disbelief | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | sensitize, sensitise | Cause to sense |
| Spanish | desensibilizar, insensibilizar | |
| Nouns | desensitisation | the process of reducing sensitivity |
| Meaning | make insensitive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonym | desensitize | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise | make sensitive or aware |
| Spanish | desensibilizar, insensibilizar | |
| Catalan | insensibilitzar | |
| Nouns | desensitisation | the process of reducing sensitivity |
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