Benumb: alternatives and connections

The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…

Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind.

Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.

To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.

Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.

Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.

Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate o…

the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather

An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distingu…

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those…

Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as, he made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, us…

The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extrem…