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  • 121obtuse — a. 1. Blunt. 2. Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, stockish, heavy, slow, unintelligent, unintellectual, dull witted, blunt witted. 3. Dull, obscure, deadened, muffled …

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  • 122numb — I. a. Torpid, benumbed, paralyzed, deadened, insensible. II. v. a. Benumb, stupefy, deaden, make torpid …

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  • 123dead — 1. adjective 1) my parents are dead Syn: passed on/away, expired, departed, gone, no more; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, slain, slaughtered, killed, murdered; lifeless, extinct; informal (as) dead as a doornail …

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  • 124deaden — verb 1) surgeons tried to deaden the pain Syn: numb, dull, blunt, suppress; alleviate, mitigate, diminish, reduce, lessen, ease, soothe, relieve, assuage, kill Ant: inte …

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  • 125hardened — adjective 1) he was hardened to the violence he had seen Syn: inured, desensitized, deadened; accustomed, habituated, acclimatized, used 2) a hardened criminal Syn: inveterate, seasoned, habitual, chronic …

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  • 126jaded — adjective a taste exotic enough for the most jaded palate the uninspired writing of a jaded journalist Syn: surfeited, sated, satiated, glutted; dulled, blunted, deadened, inured; tired, weary, wearied; unmoved, blasé, apathetic Ant …

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  • 127lethargy — lethargy, languor, lassitude, stupor, torpor, torpidity are comparable when meaning physical and mental inertness. Lethargy implies a state marked by an aversion to activity which may be constitutional but is typically induced by disease, extreme …

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  • 128anesthetic — n 1. pain killer, sedative, analgesic, drug, Sl. dope, opiate, narcotic. adj 2. analgesic, narcotic; deadening, dulling, numbing. 3. insensible, insensitive, insentient, insensate, numb, deadened …

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