1. Lacking sensation
   "my foot is benumbed";
   - asleep, numb
    
2. Having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure
   "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond";
   - dulled

1. Make numb or insensitive
   "The shock benumbed her senses";
   - numb, blunt, dull

See also: insensible, uninterested

Type of: desensitise [Brit], desensitize

Encyclopedia: Benumb