'Benumb' definitions:
Definition of 'benumb'
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Definition of 'Benumb'
From: GCIDE
- Benumb \Be*numb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Benumbing.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away, AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See Numb, a., and cf. Benim.] To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold. [1913 Webster]
- The creeping death benumbed her senses first. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'benumb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- bedaze,
- bemuse,
- besot,
- bite,
- blunt,
- chill,
- chloroform,
- coldcock,
- cushion,
- cut,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- desensitize,
- diminish,
- dope,
- drug,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- etherize,
- foment,
- freeze,
- frost,
- frostbite,
- give relief,
- go through,
- kayo,
- knock out,
- knock senseless,
- knock stiff,
- knock unconscious,
- KO,
- lay,
- lay out,
- lessen,
- lull,
- mitigate,
- mollify,
- mull,
- narcotize,
- nip,
- numb,
- obtund,
- pad,
- palliate,
- palsy,
- paralyze,
- penetrate,
- petrify,
- pierce,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- put to sleep,
- reduce,
- refrigerate,
- relieve,
- salve,
- slacken,
- slake,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stun,
- stupe,
- stupefy,
- subdue