Synonyms for benumb

Most common

numb · palsy · paralyze US · deaden · freeze · nip · daze

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Verb

Antonyms

hurt, enliven

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.

Related words

Word family

benumbed benumbment

Forms

Past participle

benumbed
e.g. benumbed → numbed, dulled, blunted, palsied…

Example sentences

• numb Mark was becoming more and more emotionally numb?
• palsy My dad has recently been diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
• paralyze Decisions once easy now paralyze me with indecision.
• freeze Don't cross your eyes or they'll freeze that way.
• nip I've got to nip home. I've forgotten my tablets.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

nip¹

4 letters

dull¹, numb¹, daze¹

5 letters

blunt¹, palsy²

6 letters

freeze¹, deaden²

7 letters

stupefy

8 letters

paralyze³, paralyse, hebetate

11 letters

desensitize⁴, desensitise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (palsy² = 2 syllables).