Benumb is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
You can make 50 anagrams from letters in benumb (bbemnu).
1350-1400; back formation from Middle English benomen, past participle of benimen to take away, Old English beniman; cognate with Dutch benemen, German benehmen, Gothic biniman. See Examples for benumb
Slavery seems to benumb all the faculties except the passions. In these baths he can benumb the torment of the body with which he is encumbered. At her words he gradually shook off the lethargy which seemed to benumb his senses. How intense must have been the suffering that could so benumb the heart! The effect of this announcement was to benumb his faculties. He was strangely reticent; my news seemed to benumb and sicken him. It was during this period that Adah met with one of those sorrows which benumb the sensitive feminine heart. He further says they dwarf the body, benumb the brain and weaken character. Was it remarkable that happiness should benumb him and rob him of his senses? But in poverty there is also a tendency to intimidate, to enfeeble, to benumb.
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