Associations to the word «Benumbed»

Wiktionary

BENUMBED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of benumb
BENUMBED, adjective. Lacking sensation; numb
BENUMBED, adjective. Lacking interest; dulled

Dictionary definition

BENUMBED, adjective. Lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold".
BENUMBED, 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".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King