benumbed

  • 11benumbedness — benumbedˈness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑benumb …

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  • 12Clumsier — Clumsy Clum sy, a. [Compar. {Clumsier}; superl. {Clumsiest}.] [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st {Clam}, and 1st {Clamp}.] 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold …

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  • 13Clumsiest — Clumsy Clum sy, a. [Compar. {Clumsier}; superl. {Clumsiest}.] [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st {Clam}, and 1st {Clamp}.] 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold …

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  • 14Clumsy — Clum sy, a. [Compar. {Clumsier}; superl. {Clumsiest}.] [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st {Clam}, and 1st {Clamp}.] 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.… …

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  • 15numb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unfeeling, deadened, frozen, benumbed; dazed, shocked; anesthetized, narcotized, drugged, paralyzed; dull, torpid, insensitive; desensitized; lifeless. v. t. deaden, benumb, freeze; narcotize, drug …

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  • 16Benumb — Be*numb , 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;… …

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  • 17Benumbing — Benumb Be*numb , 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… …

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  • 18clumsy — clumsily, adv. clumsiness, n. /klum zee/, adj., clumsier, clumsiest. 1. awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things. 2. awkwardly done or made; unwieldy; ill contrived: He made a clumsy,… …

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  • 19Numbness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >insensibility to touch. < N PARAG:Numbness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 numbness numbness &c.(physical insensibility) 376 Sgm: N 1 anaesthesia anaesthesia Sgm: N 1 pins and needles pins and needles PARAG:Numbness >V GRP:… …

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  • 20daze — vb Daze, stun, bemuse, stupefy, benumb, paralyze, petrify all mean to dull or deaden the powers of the mind through some disturbing experience or influence. Daze may imply any of numerous causes (as a blow on the head, an excess of light, or a… …

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