DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
Be·numb v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benumbed p. pr. & vb. n. Benumbing.] To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
The creeping death benumbed her senses first. --Dryden.
◄ ►
Be·numbed a. Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind. -- Be*numbed*ness, n.
◄ ►
benumbed
adj 1: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
[syn: asleep(p), numb]
2: having lost or been caused to lose interest because of
overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming
dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no
longer respond" [syn: dulled]