benumbed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: benumbed	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for benumbed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
benumbed adj lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" Synonym(s): asleep(p), benumbed, numb 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" Synonym(s): dulled, benumbed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benumb \Benumb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benumbing}.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away, AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See {Numb}, a., and cf. {Benim}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benumbed \Benumbed"\, a. Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed* body and mind. -- {Be*numbed"ness}, n.