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adjective
- 1. deprived of physical or emotional feeling: "a hoarse shout cut through his benumbed senses"
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adjective. formal uk / bɪˈnʌmd / us / bɪˈnʌmd / Add to word list. unable to feel because of cold, shock, etc.: a face benumbed with cold. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unable to feel anything. anaesthesia. asleep. dead. numbingly. numbly. numbness.
1. : to make inactive : deaden. 2. : to make numb especially by cold. Synonyms. blunt. cauterize. dampen. deaden. dull. numb. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of benumb in a Sentence. a succession of personal tragedies had benumbed him to all grief.
unable to feel because of cold, shock, etc.: a face benumbed with cold. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unable to feel anything. anaesthesia. anesthesia. anesthetize. asleep. dead. numbingly. numbly. numbness. (Definition of benumbed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Benumb definition: to make numb; deprive of sensation. See examples of BENUMB used in a sentence.
1. To make numb, especially by cold. 2. To render senseless or inactive, as from shock or boredom: The dull skit benumbed the audience. [Middle English binomen, from past participle of binimen, to take away, from Old English beniman : be-, away; see be- + niman, to take; see numb.] be·numb′ment n.
benumbed in British English. (bɪˈnʌmd ) adjective. 1. made numb; very cold. 2. literary. showing no feeling; stupefied. Motorists appear benumbed and line up meekly at the pumps. Collins English Dictionary.
insensible. incapable of physical sensation. adjective. having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure. “the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond”. synonyms: dulled. unabsorbed, uninterested. not having or showing interest.
benumb in British English. (bɪˈnʌm ) verb (transitive) 1. to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold. 2. (usually passive) to make inactive; stupefy (the mind, senses, will, etc) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Definitions of 'benumbed' 1. made numb; very cold. [...] 2. literary. showing no feeling; stupefied. [...] More. Synonyms of 'benumbed' • paralysed, frozen, stunned, numb [...] More. Examples of 'benumbed' in a sentence.
To make numb, especially by cold. American Heritage. To make numb physically. Webster's New World. To render senseless or inactive, as from shock or boredom. The dull skit benumbed the audience. American Heritage. To deaden the mind, will, or feelings of. My mind was benumbed by grief.
