benumbed

Adjective
Synonyms: asleep(p)numbdulled

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. lacking sensation“my foot is asleep”“numb with cold”Synonyms: asleep(p)numb
  2. having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure“the mind of the audience is becoming dulled”“the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond”Synonyms: dulled
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Benumb \Be*numb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Benumbing.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away, AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See Numb, a., and cf. Benim.] To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold. [1913 Webster]

The creeping death benumbed her senses first. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Benumbed \Be*numbed"\, a. Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind. -- Be*numbed"ness, n. [1913 Webster]
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