BENUMBED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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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

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Adjective

When Bill’s older brother Henry (Barry Ward) finds the pianist in numbed solitude in his dingy apartment, Bill has canceled all his upcoming gigs, saying Scotty cannot be replaced.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Ingber also notes the numbed response to these strikes from much of the American public, something that, in part, may come from the routine nature of these drone strikes as something that the nation has become desensitized to dropping bombs on enemies.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 21 Oct. 2025

Definition of numbed

Verb

He was sentenced to four years’ probation and initially ordered to stay away from his ex-wife and two children for six years, which was later reduced to two years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
The film, set between the years 1945 and 1947, depicts a society struggling to recover from war, only to be reduced, once again, by the arrival of a kaiju (as giant monsters are known in Japanese, and to fans of the corresponding film genre).

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of reduced

Adjective

To live in truth here, now, today is to resist the forces that would like nothing more than to isolate, numb, and commodify us.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Halfway through my hands and feet went numb, then felt like fire, and then contorted into strange positions like lobster claws.

— Kate Berlant, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of numb

Verb

But strong export growth has dulled a sense of urgency over launching policies to help stimulate the domestic economy, analysts said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
The primary effects generally wear off in less than an hour, but a person’s senses may remain dulled and their judgment and coordination impaired for several hours afterward.

— Christopher P. Holstege, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of dulled

Adjective

Investigators explored whether the woman may have been asleep and moved in her sleep and put the vehicle from park into drive.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2026
Ginger must leave in the night, but Lee is still asleep on the floor when Western comes in to open the diner.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2026

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Verb

Finn and those fighting alongside him blunted the Chinese advance so the refugees could get out.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026
Modern interceptor missile technology has advanced to the point where even massive, multi-tiered attacks can be blunted with a high degree of probability.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of blunted

Verb

Invite more than four, the regular season would be severely diminished and the very structure of the game would crumble.

— Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 9 Nov. 2026
The political craftsmanship lies in making an agreement sufficiently appealing that neither side feels diminished by wearing it.

— Anna Rahmanan, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of diminished

Verb

The Times also found that the towers had no visible shear walls, and that the uniform orientation of their columns weakened these high-rises against seismic forces.

— Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
Once a symbol of superlative government competence, the nation’s weakened federal space agency has largely outsourced its extraterrestrial ambitions to the private sector.

— Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

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