Synonyms for benumbed
be·numbed

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1. asleep(p), benumbed, numbadjective

   lacking sensation

   "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"

   Antonyms:
   sensitive, interested, sensible

2. dulled, benumbedadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   greyed, dulled, numb, asleep(p), blunted

   Antonyms:
   sensible, interested, sensitive

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1. benumbedadjective

   Synonyms:
   torpid, unfeeling, stupefied

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1. Denis Diderot:

   Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.