obtundent


ob·tund

O0017000 (ŏb-tŭnd′)tr.v. ob·tund·ed, ob·tund·ing, ob·tunds To make less intense; dull or deaden.
[Middle English obtunden, from Latin obtundere : ob-, against; see ob- + tundere, to beat.]
ob·tund′ent adj.ob·tun′di·ty n.