Benumb
11benumb — Synonyms and related words: KO, 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… …
12benumb — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dull, numb, stupefy, paralyze; see deaden 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To render less sensitive: blunt, deaden, desensitize, dull, numb. Idiom: take the edge off. See AWARENESS. 2. To dull the senses, as with a… …
13benumb — be·numb || bɪ nÊŒm v. numb; numb by freezing …
14benumb — verb deprive of feeling. Origin C15: from obs. benome, past participle of benim deprive , from be + OE niman take …
15benumb — v. a. Stupefy, paralyze, deaden, blunt, make torpid, render insensible …
16benumb — v numb, desensitize, anesthetize; drug, narcotize, deaden; dull, blunt, obtund, Inf. take the edge off; muddle, obfuscate, confuse, bewilder; stun, stupefy, daze; shock, stagger, electrify; paralyze, hypnotize, mesmerize, Archaic. magnetize,… …
17benumb — be·numb …
18benumb — be•numb [[t]bɪˈnʌm[/t]] v. t. 1) to make numb; deprive of sensation: benumbed by cold[/ex] 2) to render inactive; stupefy • Etymology: 1350–1400; back formation from ME benomen, ptp. of benimen to take away, OE beniman; see be , numb… …
19benumb — /bəˈnʌm / (say buh num), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) 1. to make numb; deprive of sensation: benumbed by cold. 2. to render inactive; stupefy. {Middle English benome(n), Old English benumen, past participle of beniman deprive} …
20benumb — v.tr. 1 make numb; deaden. 2 paralyse (the mind or feelings). Etymology: orig. = deprived, as past part. of ME benimen f. OE beniman (as BE , niman take) …
