Words Like BENUMB

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BENUMB.

7 Alternative Words Similar to benumb

1 Numb Verb      Synonym Words Like Numb
2 Blunt Verb      Synonym Words Like Blunt
3 Dull Verb      Synonym Words Like Dull
4 Desensitise Verb      Synonym Words Like Desensitise
5 Desensitize Verb      Synonym Words Like Desensitize
6 Benumbing Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Benumbing
7 Stupefy Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Stupefy

1 examples of benumb

1 a hand or foot benumbed by cold

9 definitions of benumb

1 To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy.
2 make numb or insensitive
3 To make numb, especially by cold.
4 To make inactive; dull: "The anesthetic afternoon benumbs, sickens our senses” ( Karl Shapiro). See Synonyms at daze.
5 Benumbed.
6 To make torpid; deprive of sensation: as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
7 To stupefy; render inactive.
8 To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
9 To deaden.
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