vverb.perceptionmake numb or insensitiveSynset:benumb blunt dull numb
Examples:- The shock numbed her senses
Hypernyms:desensitise desensitize
Inherited Hypernyms:numbdesensitizechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: numb, benumb) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: numb, benumb)
adj satadj.alllacking sensationSynset:asleep numb
Examples:- my foot is asleep
- numb with cold
Antonyms:sensible
Derivationally Related Form:numbness
Inherited Hypernyms:asleep
Similar to:insensible
adj satadj.allhaving lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposureSynset:dulled
Examples:- the mind of the audience is becoming dulled
- the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond
Antonyms:interested
Inherited Hypernyms:dulled
Similar to:uninterested