SENSITIZATION Antonyms

• the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• the process of reducing sensitivity

• not responsive to physical stimuli

• deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive

• the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

• causing numbness or insensitivity

• devoid of feeling for others

• devoid of feeling or sensation

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

• 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

• 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

• refuse to acknowledge

• bar from attention or consideration

• fail to notice

• give little or no attention to

• be ignorant of or in the dark about

• 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

• make numb or insensitive

• make tough or tougher