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adjective
- 1. deprived of physical or emotional feeling: "a hoarse shout cut through his benumbed senses"
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benumbed. 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.
adjective. formal us / bɪˈnʌmd / uk / 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. anesthesia. anesthetize. 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.
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.
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.
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 definition: Simple past tense and past participle of <a>benumb</a>.
benumbingly. All ENGLISH words that begin with 'B'. 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.
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.
