🥶benumb

Meaning

to make physically numb or without sensation; to make mentally dull or insensitive

Example Sentences

The freezing wind seemed to benumb his fingers within minutes.

Example Expressions

benumb the senses

Synonyms

numb, deaden, dull, anesthetize, stupefy

Antonyms

sensitize, stimulate, awaken

Collocations

benumb the senses, benumbed by cold, benumbed feeling, emotionally benumbed