Benumb
[bɪ'nʌm]
Definition
(a.) To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
Typist: Millie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Stupefy, paralyze, deaden, blunt, make torpid, render insensible.
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Definition
v.t. to make insensible or powerless: to stupefy (now chiefly of cold): to deaden the feelings: to paralyse generally.—p.adj. Benumbed′.—ns. Benumbed′ness Benumb′ment.
Edited by Ahmed
Examples
- She seemed encased in a strong armour of indifference, as though the vigorous exertion of her will had finally benumbed her finer sensibilities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is so cold, so dark, my senses are so benumbed, and the gloom upon me is so dreadful. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I am safe here,' was her last benumbed thought. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was a benumbing cruelty in his position. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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