benumbed
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be·numb
(bĭ-nŭm′)tr.v. be·numbed, be·numb·ing, be·numbs
1. To make numb, especially by cold.
2. To render senseless or inactive, as from shock or boredom: The dull skit benumbed the audience.
[Middle English binomen, from past participle of binimen, to take away, from Old English beniman : be-, away; see be- + niman, to take; see numb.]
be·numb′ment n.
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benumbed
(bɪˈnʌmd)adj
made numb; very coldshowing no feeling; stupefied
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Adj. | 1. | benumbed - lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" insensible - incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth" |
2. | benumbed - 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" uninterested - not having or showing interest; "an uninterested spectator" |
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benumbed
adjectiveLacking responsiveness or alertness:
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benumbed
[bɪˈnʌmd] ADJ (= cold) [person, fingers] → entumecido; (= frightened, shocked) → paralizadoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005