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adjective

Definition of benumbednext
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for benumbed
  1. reduced
  2. numb
  3. asleep
  4. blunted
  5. diminished
  6. weakened
  7. subsided
  8. dampened
Verb
  • However, Jordan’s decision to wind down operations before the sale reduced the final price.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As families grow from two married adults to larger households with multiple children, others have reduced their circle of giving.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of reduced
Adjective
  • My left thigh, nerve-damaged by the birth, remained numb.
    Anna Noyes, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But Trump’s team had long since grown numb to such critiques.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of numb
Adjective
  • The final shot shows a new Alice identical to the original lying asleep on a metal slab in the laboratory.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • From background to foreground, the painting depicts a haloed Virgin Mary, a young Jesus standing between her knees, St. Jerome asleep on the ground, and St. John the Baptist, clad sparsely in animal skins, pointing a crooked finger toward the figures behind him.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of asleep
Verb
  • On a third day, exercising afterwards blunted my Lingo Count by a few points.
    Meg Tirrell, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The opening acoustic guitar plucks have plenty of low and low-mid resonance, though the string texture is blunted somewhat by weak treble.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of blunted
Verb
  • This widespread reduction in headcount is further exacerbated by the growing risk of conventional tech roles becoming outdated or diminished due to the advancement of AI.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Fortunately that risk seems to have just diminished—this has huge implications for the future of secure messaging.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of diminished
Verb
  • With Assad gone and Iran weakened, new commercial routes, reconstruction opportunities, and trade corridors beckon.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But Israeli bombardments have weakened Tehran as well as its allies in the Axis of Resistance—Lebanon's Hezbollah.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of weakened
Verb
  • With considerable help from Russia and Iran, Assad clung to power and held the major cities in a war where the fighting had largely subsided in recent years.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the rising profits, financial reports show the company spending more on medical care as the pandemic subsided.
    Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of subsided
Verb
  • Blot the spot with a white cloth dampened with a small amount of rubbing alcohol to remove any remaining residue.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Launder fabric items as usual; for walls, wipe with a clean cloth dampened with warm water.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of dampened
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