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Definition of Benumbed
1. Adjective. Lacking sensation. "Numb with cold"
2. Adjective. Having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure. "The benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond"
Definition of Benumbed
1. a. Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind.
Definition of Benumbed
1. Verb. (past of benumb) ¹
2. Adjective. Lacking sensation; numb ¹
3. Adjective. Lacking interest; dulled ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Benumbed
1. benumb [v] - See also: benumb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benumbed
Literary usage of Benumbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of Malmesbury by James Harris Malmesbury (1844)
"seen him benumbed and paralyzed, never saw him, or any one else, so completely
so before.4'—All was one dead silence on his part; he seemed in a trance, ..."
2. In the Lena Delta: A Narrative of the Search for Lieut.-Commander De Long by George Wallace Melville (1885)
"LOSING THE TRAIL. Treachery. — I make a Cannibalistic Threat. — Cass Carta, — A
Late Supper of Deer Hoofs and Horns. — benumbed. ..."
3. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"... vrf. to fall asleep; to get benumbed, to sleep; — arsi in una cosa, to bo
satisfied with .... benumbed ..."
4. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1906)
"... Kirb. ; they were lying about on the sand under the lants with legs tucked
up, apparently benumbed by the bitter east wind that was >Wing. ..."
5. Southern History of the War: Official Reports of Battles by Confederate States of America War Dept (1864)
"... and benumbed as were the troops, they double-quicked for one and a half miles
through the mud, slush, ice, and snow, formed in front of the enemy, ..."
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