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SENSITISES Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word sensitises. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For SENSITISES

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numb
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• lacking sensation

• (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

• so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified

verb

• make numb or insensitive

anesthetizes
verbv
verb

• administer an anesthetic drug to

benumbs
verbv
verb

• make numb or insensitive

blunts
verb, nounv, n
adjective satellite

• having a broad or rounded end

• used of a knife or other blade; not sharp

• characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

verb

• make less intense

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• make less sharp

• make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

deadens
verbv
verb

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

• cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

• make vapid or deprive of spirit

• lessen the momentum or velocity of

• become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

• make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

• convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

desensitizes
verbv
verb

• cause not to be sensitive

• make insensitive

dulls
verbv
adjective

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

adjective satellite

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• (of business) not active or brisk

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

• not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

• darkened with overcast

verb

• make dull in appearance

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• become less interesting or attractive

• make less lively or vigorous

hardens
verbv
verb

• become hard or harder

• make hard or harder

• harden by reheating and cooling in oil

• make healthy

• cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

toughens
verbv
verb

• make tough or tougher

desensitise
verbv
verb

• cause not to be sensitive

• make insensitive

Alternatives for NUMB

Alternatives for ANESTHETIZES

Alternatives for BENUMBS

Alternatives for BLUNTS

Alternatives for DEADENS

Alternatives for DESENSITIZES

Alternatives for DULLS

Alternatives for HARDENS

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