dulled, 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”
benumbed, asleep(p), numb
(adjective) lacking sensation; “my foot is asleep”; “numb with cold”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
benumbed
simple past tense and past participle of benumb
benumbed (comparative more benumbed, superlative most benumbed)
Lacking sensation; numb.
Lacking emotion or interest; dulled.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*numbed", a.
Definition: Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind.
– Be*numbed"ness, n.
Be*numb", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Benumbing.] Etym: [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away, AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See Numb, a., and cf. Benim.]
Definition: To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold. The creeping death benumbed her senses first. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
