sensitise

Verb

Meaning

make sensitive or aware

make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion

make sensitive to a drug or allergen

cause to sense; make sensitive

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Synonyms

sensitize sensibilize sensify sensibilise brief explain inform alert advocacy educate refine outreach animate excite sharpen

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Antonyms

desensitise destroy decrease cloud suppress ignorance

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Hypernyms

change alter modify

Hyponyms

stimulate stir excite photosensitize photosensitise

Examples

I want to drive home the message that we have to go beyond Copenhagen, beyond drawing room politics and sensitise ourselves, and try and make a change on an individual level. Manav Gupta

He was not sensitized to her emotional needs Source: Internet

sensitize the photographic film Source: Internet

Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen Source: Internet

She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society Source: Internet

My tongue became sensitized to good wine Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sensism sensist sensitisation sensitised sensitiser sensitising