vverb.perceptioncause to sense; make sensitiveSynset:sensitise sensitize
Examples:- She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
- My tongue became sensitized to good wine
Antonyms:desensitizedesensitise
Inherited Hypernyms:sensitize
Direct Hyponyms:excitephotosensitisephotosensitizestimulatestir
Causes:feel sense
Full Troponyms:disgustfellatehorripilatemasturbatephotosensitizescarfsickenstimulatethrillwhetwork
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.changemake sensitive to a drug or allergenSynset:sensitise sensitize
Examples:- Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
Derivationally Related Form:sensitizationsensitizersensitisationsensitiser
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:sensitizechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.changemake (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsionTopic:photographypicture taking
Synset:sensitise sensitize
Examples:- sensitize the photographic film
Derivationally Related Form:sensitiser
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:sensitizechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changemake sensitive or awareSynset:sensibilise sensibilize sensify sensitise sensitize
Examples:- He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
Antonyms:desensitize
Derivationally Related Form:sensitizationsense
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:sensitizechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody PP
adj satadj.allhaving an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)Synset:allergic hypersensitised hypersensitive hypersensitized sensitized supersensitised supersensitive supersensitized
Examples:- allergic children
- hypersensitive to pollen
Antonyms:unsusceptible
Derivationally Related Form:hypersensitivityallergy
Inherited Hypernyms:allergic
Similar to:susceptible