Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obtunded
Adjective
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Other teams soon showed that astrocytes in dishes, brain slices, and even anesthetized animals responded to various neurotransmitters.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026 -
The lyrics have the same anesthetized ennui as in emo rap and the new wave of online rock, but the beats are menacingly new and dead-set on defacing your consciousness.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
17 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Even Proctor’s defense attorney seemed baffled by the district attorney’s office’s handling of the case.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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This disconnect, despite all appearances of a serious campaign, has left many Democrats baffled.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Flat, calm but earnest, mildly anxious, blunted, volatile.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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If the edges of the clippers have dulled, wiping down the blades with WD-40.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
10 Feb. 2026
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Brady, who’s known to cover all his bases, brought pages and pages of notes and an avalanche of facts that dulled the show.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Not with the quietness of a disease already in her brain; not drugged and almost constantly sleeping.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Prosecutors said the brothers, while working with others, repeatedly and violently drugged, assaulted, and raped the women.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The unconscious Moon moves through your 9th House of Distance, opposing undisciplined Uranus in your conversation zone.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2026
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Implicit learning involves learning an unconscious habit or skill such as riding a bike.—
Akshay Syal,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Mattering acted as a kind of protective shield that buffered against anxiety and depression.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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Because retinoids can be drying, the formula is buffered with nourishing oils like squalane, olive, sunflower, linseed, rice bran, coconut, and grape seed to support the skin barrier.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Obtunded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obtunded. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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