English dictionary

benumb

/b/I/'n/@/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

make numb or insensitive

verb.perception

Synonyms blunt dull numb

Source: WordNet 3.0
To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot <i>benumbed</i> by cold.

verb

Source: webster1913