benumbed
adjective
[ bɪˈnʌmd ]
• deprived of physical or emotional feeling.
• "a hoarse shout cut through his benumbed senses"
benumb
verb
• deprive of physical or emotional feeling.
Similar:
numb,
unfeeling,
insensible,
stupefied,
groggy,
foggy,
muzzy,
fuzzy,
vague,
dazed,
dizzy,
befuddled,
fuddled,
disoriented,
confused,
bewildered,
mixed up,
all at sea,
woolly,
dopey,
woolly-headed,
woozy,
out of it,
Origin:
late 15th century: from obsolete benome, past participle of benim ‘deprive’, from be- (expressing removal) + Old English niman ‘take’.
