Benumbs is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
You can make 106 anagrams from letters in benumbs (bbemnsu).
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 benumbs
Slavery seems to benumb all the faculties except the passions. It was during this period that Adah met with one of those sorrows which benumb the sensitive feminine heart. 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! In these baths he can benumb the torment of the body with which he is encumbered. 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. He was strangely reticent; my news seemed to benumb and sicken him. The effect of this announcement was to benumb his faculties.