VERB | perception | desensitise, desensitize | cause not to be sensitive |
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change | desensitise, desensitize | make insensitive |
Meaning | Cause not to be sensitive. | |
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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. | |
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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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