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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.
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)
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.
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 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.
1. to make numb physically. 2. to deaden the mind, will, or feelings of. my mind was benumbed by grief. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin.
Jun 16, 2024 · benumb (third-person singular simple present benumbs, present participle benumbing, simple past and past participle benumbed) ( transitive) To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic . ( transitive, figurative) To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.).
2 senses: 1. to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold 2. to make inactive; stupefy (the mind, senses,.... Click for more definitions.
