English words for 'Made sensitive, especially to some specific agent.'
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noun
- a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- the quality of having a sharp edge or point
- The quality of being acute or pointed.
- Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
- Shrewdness, quickness of mind.
- Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
- (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
noun
- Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
- A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
- hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance
adj
- (medicine) Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.
- Amenable.
- Likely to be affected by something.
- Vulnerable.
- That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
- Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
- easily impressed emotionally
- (often followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) yielding readily to or capable of
noun
noun
verb
- make sensitive or aware
- To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
- make sensitive to a drug or allergen
- cause to sense; make sensitive
- make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
- (transitive) To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light.
- To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
noun
- The quality or degree of being sensitive.
- The ability to be aware of (and, usually, react with regard to) the feelings of others.
- The ability to perceive sensation.
- the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
- sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
- (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
- the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
noun
- the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
- rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
- (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
- (British spelling) Alternative spelling of sensitization.
noun
- The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
- (electronics) The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
- (biology, medicine, of a pathogen) Vulnerability to medical treatment: Synonym of susceptibility.
- (photography) The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.
- (gaming) The rate at which the player's facing direction or position changes relative to input device movement.
- (statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.
- (biology) The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
- the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
- sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
- (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
- susceptibility to a pathogen
- the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
noun
name
verb
- To make more acute, intense, or effective.
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect, intransitive) To grumble.
- (transitive) To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.
- (transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
- (transitive) To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
- sharpen with a hone
- make perfect or complete
intj
noun
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.
- a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
verb
- cause not to be sensitive
- make insensitive
- (photography) To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light.
- (printing) To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink.
- (psychiatry) To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex.
- To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something.
- To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen.
noun
- sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
- one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
- an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
- An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
- (figurative) The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
- (nautical) The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.
- An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. [from 17th c.]
- (biochemistry) A fragment of an oligosaccharide
noun
- sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
- one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
- slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- (Philippines) a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself
- (figuratively) Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
- (literally) Someone or something that feels.
- (anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
adj
- Extremely subtle or refined; extremely sensitive to slight impressions or perceptions.
- Having an especially fine size or texture; made of very small particles or threads.
- Extremely refined or sophisticated; very elegant.
- Of a very high or pure grade or quality.
- Very good, excellent.
- excessively delicate or refined
- of extremely fine size or texture
- (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality
noun
- Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity.
- Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness.
- (computing, Unix) A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)
- Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness.
- a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
- the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
- the quality of nice
verb
- make (one's senses) more acute
- become more extreme
- increase the level of
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- increase the height of
- make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
- To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
- To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
verb
- make (one's senses) more acute
- become sharp or sharper
- put (an image) into focus
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- make crisp or more crisp and precise
- give a point to
- make sharp or sharper
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
noun
- chemical agent capable of activity
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
adj
- engaged in full-time work
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- taking part in an activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- characterized by energetic activity
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Brisk; lively.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- (electronics) Not passive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- (gay slang, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
noun
- a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- the quality of having a sharp edge or point
- The quality of being acute or pointed.
- Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
- Shrewdness, quickness of mind.
- Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
- (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
noun
- Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
- A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
- hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance
noun
noun
- The quality or degree of being sensitive.
- The ability to be aware of (and, usually, react with regard to) the feelings of others.
- The ability to perceive sensation.
- the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
- sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
- (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
- the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
noun
- the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
- rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
- (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
- (British spelling) Alternative spelling of sensitization.
noun
- The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
- (electronics) The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
- (biology, medicine, of a pathogen) Vulnerability to medical treatment: Synonym of susceptibility.
- (photography) The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.
- (gaming) The rate at which the player's facing direction or position changes relative to input device movement.
- (statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.
- (biology) The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
- the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
- sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
- (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
- susceptibility to a pathogen
- the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
noun
name
noun
- sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
- one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
- an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
- An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
- (figurative) The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
- (nautical) The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.
- An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. [from 17th c.]
- (biochemistry) A fragment of an oligosaccharide
noun
- sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
- one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
- slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- (Philippines) a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself
- (figuratively) Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
- (literally) Someone or something that feels.
- (anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
noun
- Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity.
- Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness.
- (computing, Unix) A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)
- Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness.
- a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
- the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
- the quality of nice
noun
- chemical agent capable of activity
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
adj
- engaged in full-time work
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- taking part in an activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- characterized by energetic activity
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Brisk; lively.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- (electronics) Not passive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- (gay slang, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
verb
- make sensitive or aware
- To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
- make sensitive to a drug or allergen
- cause to sense; make sensitive
- make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
- (transitive) To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light.
- To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
verb
- To make more acute, intense, or effective.
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect, intransitive) To grumble.
- (transitive) To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.
- (transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
- (transitive) To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
- sharpen with a hone
- make perfect or complete
intj
noun
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.
- a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
verb
- cause not to be sensitive
- make insensitive
- (photography) To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light.
- (printing) To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink.
- (psychiatry) To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex.
- To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something.
- To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen.
verb
- make (one's senses) more acute
- become more extreme
- increase the level of
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- increase the height of
- make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
- To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
- To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
verb
- make (one's senses) more acute
- become sharp or sharper
- put (an image) into focus
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- make crisp or more crisp and precise
- give a point to
- make sharp or sharper
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
adj
- (medicine) Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.
- Amenable.
- Likely to be affected by something.
- Vulnerable.
- That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
- Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
- easily impressed emotionally
- (often followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) yielding readily to or capable of
noun
adj
- Extremely subtle or refined; extremely sensitive to slight impressions or perceptions.
- Having an especially fine size or texture; made of very small particles or threads.
- Extremely refined or sophisticated; very elegant.
- Of a very high or pure grade or quality.
- Very good, excellent.
- excessively delicate or refined
- of extremely fine size or texture
- (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality