benumb[verb]Synonyms: deaden, blunt, desensitize, dull, mull, numb, daze, bedaze, bemuse, paralyze, petrify, stun, stupefy
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
be·numb (bĭ-n
m
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tr.v. be·numbed, be·numb·ing, be·numbs ► To make numb, especially by cold.
► To make inactive; dull: “The anesthetic afternoon benumbs, sickens our senses” (Karl Shapiro). See Synonyms at
daze.
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲
benumb [Middle English
binomen, from past participle of
binimen,
to take away, from Old English
beniman :
be-,
away; see
be- +
niman,
to take; see
numb.]
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲