1. present participle of bedumb; to make dumb or silent; to stupefy or render speechless
Usage: archaic or literary

1. causing numbness, stupor, or loss of speech; having a dulling or silencing effect
Usage: archaic or literary

Examples

• The bedumbing effect of the cold made it hard to speak.
• She felt a bedumbing shock at the news.
• The medication was bedumbing his senses.
• A bedumbing silence fell over the room.
• The blow was bedumbing, leaving him unable to respond.