'Benumbed' definitions:
Definition of 'benumbed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" [syn: asleep(p), benumbed, numb]
adjective
Having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond" [syn: dulled, benumbed]
Definition of 'Benumbed'
From: GCIDE
- Benumb \Be*numb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Benumbing.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away, AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See Numb, a., and cf. Benim.] To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold. [1913 Webster]
- The creeping death benumbed her senses first. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Benumbed'
From: GCIDE
- Benumbed \Be*numbed"\, a. Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind. -- {Be*numbed"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'benumbed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aloof,
- anesthetized,
- apathetic,
- asleep,
- blah,
- blase,
- bored,
- callous,
- comatose,
- dead,
- deadened,
- debilitated,
- desensitized,
- detached,
- disinterested,
- dopey,
- dormant,
- droopy,
- drugged,
- dull,
- enervated,
- exanimate,
- heartless,
- heavy,
- hebetudinous,
- hopeless,
- impassible,
- imperceptive,
- impercipient,
- in a stupor,
- inanimate,
- indifferent,
- inert,
- insensate,
- insensible,
- insensitive,
- insentient,
- insouciant,
- jaded,
- lackadaisical,
- languid,
- languorous,
- Laodicean,
- leaden,
- lethargic,
- lifeless,
- listless,
- lumpish,
- moribund,
- nonchalant,
- numb,
- numbed,
- obdurate,
- obtuse,
- Olympian,
- passive,
- phlegmatic,
- pluckless,
- pooped,
- resigned,
- sated,
- senseless,
- slack,
- sleepy,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- somnolent,
- soporific,
- spiritless,
- spunkless,
- stagnant,
- stagnating,
- stoic,
- stultified,
- stupefied,
- supine,
- thick-skinned,
- thick-witted,
- torpid,
- uncaring,
- unconcerned,
- unfeeling,
- unfelt,
- uninterested,
- unperceptive,
- vegetable,
- vegetative,
- wan,
- weary,
- withdrawn,
- world-weary