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Desensitize
: to cause (someone or something) to react less to or be less affected by something : to cause (someone or something) to be less sensitive
Ameliorate
: to make (something, such as a problem) better, less painful, etc.
Indignation
: anger caused by something that is unfair or wrong
Full Definition
: anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
synonyms see anger
Examples
her indignation at the offensive television show led her to start a grassroots campaign for its cancellation
Affectation
: an unnatural form of behavior that is meant to impress others
Full Definition
1 a : the act of taking on or displaying an attitude or mode of behavior not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt
b : speech or conduct not natural to oneself : artificiality
2 obsolete : a striving after
synonyms see pose
Examples
a woman of great affectation at social gatherings
Myriad
noun \: a very large number ofthings Full Definition 1 : ten thousand 2 : a great number <a> Origin: Greek myriad-, myrias, from myrioi countless, ten thousand. First use: 1555