blunting
Reducing the sharpness
Blunting is the process of making something less sharp, intense, or effective.
A knife loses its edge through blunting.
Emotionally, blunting describes the dulling of feelings or responses: Years of trauma had led to an emotional blunting.
In pharmacology, blunting refers to the suppression of a physiological response: The medication caused blunting of the cortisol response.
Removing keenness or luster
abrasion · erosion · rounding · smoothing · filing · grinding · honing · whetstone
Removing keenness or luster
- foggingMoisture condensing on surfaces
- slowingDecreasing in velocity
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
brain fog · mental fatigue · sluggishness · drowsiness · sedation · lethargy · grogginess · concentration
Causing loss of sensation
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
- desensitizingReducing responsiveness to stimulus
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
apathy · indifference · suppression · dampening · muting · flattening · withdrawal · coping
Becoming less firm
- cushioningSoftening force or fall
- absorbingHolding attention completely
- dampeningReducing or wetting slightly
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
mitigating · lessening · reducing · attenuating · diminishing · moderating · tempering · easing
Induced loss of feeling
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- analgesicPain-relieving medication
- nerve blockInjection numbing specific area
- local anestheticDrug blocking regional sensation
lidocaine · novocaine · injection · sensation · numbness · tingling · pins and needles · dental
dulling
Removing keenness or luster
wear · abrasion · erosion · rounding · smoothing · filing · grinding · honing · whetstone · cutting
dulling
Removing keenness or luster
- foggingMoisture condensing on surfaces
- slowingDecreasing in velocity
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
fatigue · brain fog · mental fatigue · sluggishness · drowsiness · sedation · lethargy · grogginess · concentration · alertness
numbing
Causing loss of sensation
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
- desensitizingReducing responsiveness to stimulus
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
dissociation · apathy · indifference · suppression · dampening · muting · flattening · withdrawal · coping · trauma
softening
Becoming less firm
- cushioningSoftening force or fall
- absorbingHolding attention completely
- dampeningReducing or wetting slightly
buffering · mitigating · lessening · reducing · attenuating · diminishing · moderating · tempering · easing · padding
anesthesia
Induced loss of feeling
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- analgesicPain-relieving medication
- nerve blockInjection numbing specific area
local anesthetic · lidocaine · novocaine · injection · sensation · numbness · tingling · pins and needles · dental · procedural
- downplayingminimizing, downplay, trivializing, belittling, soft-pedal
- desensitizationnumbing, dulling, deadening, anesthetizing, benumbing
- emotional maskingmasking, suppression, repression, hiding, bottling up
- quietingsilencing, hushing, quieting, muffling, turning down
- restrainingconstraining, restricting, limiting, confining, curbing
bluntingsharpening
Making more cutting
heightening · intensifying · honing · sensitizing · amplifying
bluntingstrengthening
Increasing power or solidity
amplifying · reinforcing · bolstering · magnifying · enhancing
blunt, bluntly, blunted, bluntness, blunts, blunter, bluntest, unblunted