Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obtunded
Adjective
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Future research could help clinicians guide the anesthetized brain toward a sleep-like state, rather than a coma-like one.
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But a new study of people in this state suggests the anesthetized brain still picks up sounds, words and even conversations.
Verb
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Pz’ spends much of his proper debut, No Turning Back, equally baffled by his good fortune and ready to fasten it to his side with a Gucci strap before anyone else can take it.
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His focus on the voting bill, instead of signing one that tackles a top issue for voters, has left some GOP strategists baffled.
Adjective
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The results have been impressive enough from far away, but examined more closely as a blunted, external force, Big Brother has almost always been too literal in horror cinema.
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Orientation matters; garlic is planted vertically, with the root (blunted) end of the clove facing down, and the sprout (pointy) end facing up.
Verb
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Ampere’s research appeared to suggest that the influx of romance book adaptations and romance drama in general has dulled the appetite for reality shows about love.
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Bitch, despite being created with Reed in tandem with My Face Hurts From Smiling, leans more pop and R&B with lyrics that may have been dulled down for palatability.
Adjective
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Equally deft are Fitzwater’s amazingly smooth staging and Dunn’s deliriously frenzied choreography, such as the liquid mercury depiction of Mary Jane in a drugged daze drifting through chores.
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Becka is drugged and married off to Garth (Brad Alexander), the man Agnes is in love with.
Verb
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Exposing the dental pulp and cleaning out the cavity’s contents also would have deadened the nerves and blood vessels there, leading to pain relief, Zubova said.
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Merrill had the same impulse—the need to become a self not necessarily free of all that money could buy but not crippled or deadened by it, either.
Adjective
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The moped passenger, who police said was struck by the truck’s rear wheel, can be seen on the video splayed out unconscious on the street.
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Officers responding to the incident found an unconscious man lying on the sidewalk suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
Verb
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Helsinki is buffered by more than 300 islands, and its harbor is always busy.
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Commitment to the greater good buffered the AI aversion.
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“Obtunded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obtunded. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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