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deadened

6.0

A part of the body that has no feeling so you cannot feel touch

adjective
/ˈdɛdnd/

: entumecido

After the accident, he had a deadened feeling in his left leg.

Examples

The dentist worked quickly on the deadened nerve in her tooth.
His deadened senses made it hard to feel the cold.
Her emotions seemed deadened by years of hardship.
She felt deadened after the long surgery.
After the accident, he had a deadened feeling in his left leg.
His deadened senses made it hard to feel the cold.
She felt deadened after the long surgery.

Synonyms

dead

vsdeadened

691 4.1

Without feeling or movement in a body part, like after an injection

focuses on physical numbness rather than emotional unresponsiveness

numb

vsdeadened

57 3.1

Unable to feel a part of the body, often from cold or medicine

is the wider term for a dulled state lacking sensation

asleep

vsdeadened

22 2.9

Numb and without feeling in a hand or foot

describes a lasting dulled sensation rather than a brief temporary one

senseless

vsdeadened

15 4.2

Unconscious and unable to feel or respond

focuses only on reduced physical sensation and responsiveness, not unconsciousness

benumbed

vsdeadened

8.3

Not able to feel or react after watching too much news

refers more generally to reduced sensation without that specific cause

Antonyms

sensitive

488 2.9

Aware of and careful about other people's feelings

responsive

61 4.0

React quickly and helpfully to people and things

How Sensitive

sensitive

217 2.7

deadened

6.0

insensitive

Specialized

5 4.5

Surface Forms

deadened positive

Morphology

deadened = deaden (transparent) = dead + en + ed

The adjective is formed by adding -ed to the verb 'deaden' (itself 'dead' + -en); the literal sense 'made numb' is directly predictable from 'dead'.

Etymology

The word deadened comes from dead and -en, where dead means 'without feeling' and -en means 'make'. So a part of the body that is deadened is made 'numb' or 'without feeling', like a leg that has gone 'dead' after you sit on it for a long time.