deadened


deadened (http://definr.com/deadened)

     adj 1: devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from
            the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist
            drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by
            continuous television coverage of atrocities" [syn: dead]
     2: made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"