Benumbed

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Numb or torpid, either physically or morally: as, benumbed limbs; benumbed faith.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of benumb.
  • adjective. Lacking sensation; numb
  • adjective. Lacking interest; dulled
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  • adjective. having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure
  • adjective. lacking sensation
  • Word Usage
    "Nor are narcotics -- from narkosis, Greek for "benumbed" -- necessarily all about nodding."
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    benumb