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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
  • This year, major pharmacy chains might have reduced hours around the holidays.
    Gabe Hauari, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Ajax are improving, albeit from a low base and with expectations reduced.
    Michael Walker, The Athletic, 23 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 only problem was that Hunter was already sound asleep in the cot, and Morgan was cradling thin air.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Charis Kai, a freshman, was nearly asleep when her resident adviser pounded on the door to her dorm room.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of asleep
Verb
  • Lepers’s case study offers a test of whether the same is true in your 50s, or whether the body’s adaptive potential is so blunted that some of the losses become permanent.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
  • On a third day, exercising afterwards blunted my Lingo Count by a few points.
    Meg Tirrell, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of blunted
Verb
  • The theme of running recurred, as did moments of isolation, with Abraham appearing preoccupied and diminished, unable to fully participate as the others moved around him.
    Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Suddenly, a two-score lead had diminished to 27-21.
    Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of diminished
Verb
  • Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nissan in particular has struggled recently, especially in the key American market, where sales have weakened.
    Rafael Nam, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Nike's overreliance on promotions, for example, weakened its premium image.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of weakened
Verb
  • After large-scale fighting subsided in 2018, Tehran began to focus on consolidating its influence in Syria’s south and southeast, securing control over territory and integrating the militias into the Syrian armed forces.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Monthly inflation subsided in November after showing little improvement in recent months.
    Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of subsided
Verb
  • Actually sitting through it may have dampened viewers’ enthusiasm for more.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Understandably, the December FOMC projections dampened expectations for 2025 interest rate cuts.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of dampened
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