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- DictionaryBe·numb/bəˈnəm/
verb
- 1. deprive of physical or emotional feeling: "the flood of images and alerts coming through social networks is benumbing us"
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.
Benumb definition: to make numb; deprive of sensation. See examples of BENUMB used in a sentence.
benumb. Other forms: benumbed; benumbing; benumbs. Definitions of benumb. verb. make numb or insensitive. synonyms: blunt, dull, numb. see more.
1. to make numb; deprive of sensation. benumbed by cold. 2. to render inactive; deaden or stupefy. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
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.
benumb in American English. (bɪˈnʌm) transitive verb. 1. to make numb; deprive of sensation. benumbed by cold. 2. to render inactive; deaden or stupefy.
Jun 16, 2024 · benumb (third-person singular simple present benumbs, present participle benumbing, simple past and past participle benumbed) To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
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.
1. to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold. [...] 2. to make inactive; stupefy (the mind, senses, will, etc) [...] More. Conjugations of 'benumb' present simple: I benumb, you benumb [...] past simple: I benumbed, you benumbed [...] past participle: benumbed. More. Synonyms of 'benumb' • paralyse, shock, freeze, stun [...]
Benumb definition: to make numb; deprive of sensation. See examples of BENUMB used in a sentence.
