anesthetizing

Definitions

The act of administering a substance to cause a temporary loss of sensation or consciousness.

The process of making someone or something insensitive or unresponsive to pain or external stimuli.

Examples

The dentist began the procedure by anesthetizing the patient's gum area to ensure they felt no pain.

The constant hum of the machinery had an anesthetizing effect, eventually lulling the workers into a state of boredom.

She found that reading repetitive poetry had an anesthetizing quality that helped her drift off to sleep.

Synonyms

numbing deadening desensitizing soothing calming dulling sedating

Antonyms

stimulating awakening sensitizing energizing arousing invigorating exciting