Synonyms of benumbed

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adjective

as in numbed

lacking in sensation or feeling

my benumbed ears took a few minutes to warm up after the frigid air outside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• numbed
• numb
• asleep
• torpid
• unfeeling
• insensitive
• dead
• chilled
• dulled
• deadened
• unconscious
• stupefied
• anesthetized
• drugged
• blunted
• insensate
• insensible
• inanimate
• senseless
• obtunded
• nipped
• cocainized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• feeling
• sensitive
• sensible
• awake

benumbed

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verb

past tense of benumb

as in reduced

to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling

a succession of personal tragedies had benumbed him to all grief

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reduced
• numbed
• dulled
• blunted
• diminished
• weakened
• subsided
• damped
• deadened
• dampened
• subdued
• decreased
• cauterized
• eased
• muffled
• muted
• alleviated
• toned (down)
• enfeebled
• lessened
• debilitated
• lowered
• waned
• receded
• lightened
• tapered (off)
• dwindled
• let up (on)
• moderated
• abated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sharpened
• enhanced
• augmented
• intensified
• strengthened
• heightened
• stimulated
• consolidated
• amplified
• whetted
• aroused
• deepened
• stepped up
• magnified
• animated
• boosted
• redoubled
• beefed (up)