benumb

• Verbe signifiant rendre engourdi, priver de sensibilité ou de sensation, ou plonger dans un état de stupeur ou de torpeur.

An archaic or obsolete verb meaning to make numb, to deprive of sensation or feeling, or to stupefy.

1. Make numb or insensitiveC2formal

   To cause a loss of physical sensation or emotional responsiveness.

   Engourdir, insensibiliser

   • The extreme cold benumbed his fingers.
   • The tragic news benumbed her senses.
   • Long exposure to the noise benumbed his hearing.

   Synonymesanesthetizedeadendesensitizedullimmobilizenumbparalyzestupefy

   Antonymesawakenquickenrevivesensitizestimulate