| Main Entry: | benumb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desensitize |
Synonyms: |
blunt, chill, cumber, daze, deaden, hebetate, numb, stun, stupefy |
| Main Entry: | blunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dull |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, benumb, cripple, dampen, deaden, debilitate, desensitize, disable, enfeeble, hebetate, numb, obtund, sap, soften, take the edge off, undermine, water down, weaken |
Antonyms: |
needle, point, sharpen |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise |
Antonyms: |
expect |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
Synonyms: |
KO, abate, alleviate, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, etherize, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken |
Antonyms: |
animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | desensitize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dull |
Synonyms: |
anesthetize, benumb, deaden, make inactive, make less sensitive, numb, render insensible |
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put under influence of medication |
Synonyms: |
analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope up, dope*, dose, dose up, fix, hit, knock out, medicate, narcotize, numb, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat |
| Main Entry: | freeze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make cold enough to become solid |
Synonyms: |
benumb, bite, chill, chill to the bone, congeal, frost, glaciate, harden, ice over, ice up, nip, pierce, refrigerate, solidify, stiffen |
Antonyms: |
boil, heat |
| Main Entry: | mute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muffle, tone down sound |
Synonyms: |
benumb, bottle up, cork up, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, drown, gag, hush, keep it down, lower, moderate, muzzle, pipe down, put damper on, put the lid on, reduce, silence, soft-pedal, soften, subdue, turn down |
Antonyms: |
articulate, speak, voice |
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deaden |
Synonyms: |
anesthetize, benumb, blunt, chill, desensitize, dull, freeze, frost, immobilize, obtund, paralyze, stun, stupefy |
Antonyms: |
enliven |
| Main Entry: | paralyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | immobilize |
Synonyms: |
anesthetize, appall, arrest, astound, bemuse, benumb, bring to grinding halt, close, daunt, daze, deaden, debilitate, demolish, destroy, disable, disarm, enfeeble, freeze, halt, incapacitate, knock out, lame, make inert, make nerveless, nonplus, numb, palsy, petrify, prostrate, shut down, stop dead, stun, stupefy, transfix, weaken |
Antonyms: |
incite, mobilize, stimulate |