Numb

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Deprived of the power to feel or move normally; benumbed: toes numb with cold; too numb with fear to cry out.
  • adj. Emotionally unresponsive; indifferent: numb to yet another appeal.
  • v. To make or become numb.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
  • adj. Not able to react, surprised, shocked
  • v. To cause to become numb.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible.
  • adj. Producing numbness; benumbing.
  • v. To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Taken; seized.
  • Deprived of the power of sensation, as from a stoppage of the circulation; torpid; hence, stupefied; powerless to feel or act: as, fingers numb with cold; numb senses.
  • Producing numbness; benumbing.
  • Synonyms Benumbed, deadened, paralyzed, insensible.
  • To deprive of the power of sensation; dull tho sense of feeling in; benumb; render torpid.
  • To render dull; deaden; stupefy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
  • adj. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
  • adj. lacking sensation
  • v. make numb or insensitive
  • Equivalent
    afraid    insensitive    insensible   
    Verb Form
    numbed    numbing    numbness    numbs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    dull    a   
    Form
    numbed    numbing    benumb    numbly    numbness    numbnuts   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    benumbed    insensible    benumbing    deaden    benumb    stupefy    dull   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brum    Krum    Mum    alum    become    brum    bum    chum    clum    come   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    daze    speechless    unable    breathless    dizzy    limp    helpless    dull    overwhelm    blank