benumbing
Causing loss of feeling
Benumbing means causing numbness or loss of sensation.
Cold benumbs fingers; shock benumbs the mind.
The word extends beyond physical numbness to emotional or mental states: the benumbing effect of grief, benumbing boredom.
Something benumbing dulls awareness or responsiveness, leaving a person unable to feel or react normally.
Lessening intensity or sensitivity
- desensitizingReducing responsiveness to stimulus
- bluntingMaking less sharp
- dullingRemoving keenness or luster
- paralyzingCausing inability to move
stupefying · anesthetizing · detaching · dissociating · traumatizing · shocking · overwhelming · devastating
Lessening intensity or sensitivity
- dullingRemoving keenness or luster
- stupefyingCausing mental paralysis
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
soul-crushing · droning · soporific · tedious · wearisome · tiresome · exhausting · draining
Lessening intensity or sensitivity
- anesthetizingCausing loss of sensation
- sedatingCalming with medication
- dullingRemoving keenness or luster
- blockingImpeding forward progress
desensitizing · novocaine · lidocaine · epidural · local · topical · analgesic · nerve block
Extremely impressive or beautiful
- stupefyingCausing mental paralysis
- paralyzingCausing inability to move
- staggeringShockingly impressive or unsteady
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
dumbfounding · petrifying · jolting · traumatizing · devastating · thunderstruck · shell-shocking · breathtaking
deadening
Lessening intensity or sensitivity
- desensitizingReducing responsiveness to stimulus
- bluntingMaking less sharp
- dullingRemoving keenness or luster
paralyzing · stupefying · anesthetizing · detaching · dissociating · traumatizing · shocking · overwhelming · devastating · soul-crushing
deadening
Lessening intensity or sensitivity
- dullingRemoving keenness or luster
- stupefyingCausing mental paralysis
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
repetitive · soul-crushing · droning · soporific · tedious · wearisome · tiresome · exhausting · draining · enervating
deadening
Lessening intensity or sensitivity
- anesthetizingCausing loss of sensation
- sedatingCalming with medication
- dullingRemoving keenness or luster
blocking · desensitizing · novocaine · lidocaine · epidural · local · topical · analgesic · nerve block · injection
stunning
Extremely impressive or beautiful
- stupefyingCausing mental paralysis
- paralyzingCausing inability to move
- staggeringShockingly impressive or unsteady
overwhelming · dumbfounding · petrifying · jolting · traumatizing · devastating · thunderstruck · shell-shocking · breathtaking · disorienting
freezing
Extremely cold
- frostbittenDamaged by severe cold
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
frigid · arctic · bitter · biting · piercing · raw · bone-chilling · glacial · wintry · subzero
- desensitizationdulling, blunting, deadening, anesthetizing, exposure therapy
benumbingsensitizing
Making more responsive
stimulating · invigorating · tingling · stinging · burning
benumbingstimulating
Arousing interest or energy
invigorating · enlivening · galvanizing · electrifying · arousing
benumbingengaging
Pleasantly attractive, compelling attention
riveting · captivating · gripping · absorbing · fascinating
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