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benumbed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of benumbed

lacking in sensation or feeling

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

asleep, dead, insensitive, numb, numbed, torpid, unfeeling
Words Related to benumbed

chilled, nipped

anesthetized, cocainized, deadened, drugged, stupefied

blunted, dulled, obtunded

insensible, senseless, unconscious

inanimate, insensate
Near Antonyms of benumbed

awake
Antonyms of benumbed

feeling, sensible, sensitive

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