sensitises
Creates heightened awareness
Sensitises is the British spelling of sensitizes.
To sensitise is to make sensitive or responsive to something.
In photography, film is sensitised to light.
In medicine, the immune system becomes sensitised to allergens through exposure.
Figuratively, experiences can sensitise someone to issues they hadn't noticed before: Working in the shelter sensitised her to homelessness.
Adversely reactive to substances
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
- anaphylaxisSevere systemic allergic reaction
- histamineAllergy-response compound
- inflammationProtective tissue response
rash · hives · dermatitis · eczema · photosensitivity · reactivity · irritation · swelling
State of sentient awareness
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- realizationGrasping what's true
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
understanding · insight · perception · cognizance · mindfulness · discernment · comprehension · alertness
Causing to activate
- primingMaking ready beforehand
- stimulatingArousing interest or energy
- arousingEvoking strong feeling
- activatingCausing to function
conditioning · inducing · preparing · alerting · readying · galvanizing · awakening · provoking
Sharing another's emotions
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- attuningAdjusting to harmonize
- receptivityWillingness to accept ideas
- opennessQuality of being accessible
vulnerability · responsiveness · tenderness · softening · touching · moving · affecting · stirring
allergic
Adversely reactive to substances
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
- anaphylaxisSevere systemic allergic reaction
- histamineAllergy-response compound
inflammation · rash · hives · dermatitis · eczema · photosensitivity · reactivity · irritation · swelling · urticaria
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- realizationGrasping what's true
recognition · understanding · insight · perception · cognizance · mindfulness · discernment · comprehension · alertness · attentiveness
triggering
Causing to activate
- primingMaking ready beforehand
- stimulatingArousing interest or energy
- arousingEvoking strong feeling
activating · conditioning · inducing · preparing · alerting · readying · galvanizing · awakening · provoking · exciting
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- attuningAdjusting to harmonize
- receptivityWillingness to accept ideas
openness · vulnerability · responsiveness · tenderness · softening · touching · moving · affecting · stirring · deepening
sensitisesdesensitises
Reduces emotional responsiveness
numbs · dulls · deadens · habituates · anaesthetises
sensitisesdesensitises
Reduces emotional responsiveness
hardens · callouses · numbs · inures · brutalises
sensitised, sensitise, sensitising, sensitiser, desensitisation, sensitisation