benumb

• Verbo pouco usado que significa tornar dormente, tirar a sensibilidade ou a sensação, ou deixar alguém ou algo entorpecido.

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.

   Entorpecer

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

   Sinônimosanesthetizedeadendesensitizedullimmobilizenumbparalyzestupefy

   Antônimosawakenquickenrevivesensitizestimulate