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Numb Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Numb? [adj] so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move" [adj] lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" [v] make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Numb: afraid(p) \| asleep(p) \| benumb \| benumbed \| blunt \| dull \| insensible \| petrified Related Terms \| Find terms related to Numb: abate \| allay \| alleviate \| aloof \| anesthetize \| anesthetized \| apathetic \| appease \| asleep \| assuage \| bedaze \| benumb \| benumbed \| besot \| bite \| blah \| blase \| blunt \| bored \| callous \| casual \| chill \| chloroform \| coldcock \| comatose \| cushion \| cut \| dead \| deaden \| deaden the pain \| deadened \| debilitated \| desensitize \| desensitized \| detached \| diminish \| disinterested \| dope \| dopey \| dormant \| droopy \| drug \| drugged \| dull \| ease \| ease matters \| enervated \| etherize \| exanimate \| foment \| freeze \| frost \| frostbite \| give relief \| go through \| heartless \| heavy \| hebetudinous \| hopeless \| immobilize \| impassible \| imperceptive \| impercipient \| in a stupor \| inanimate \| incurious \| indifferent \| inert \| insensate \| insensible \| insensitive \| insentient \| insouciant \| jaded \| kayo \| knock out \| knock senseless \| knock stiff \| knock unconscious \| KO \| lackadaisical \| languid \| languorous \| Laodicean \| lay \| lay out \| leaden \| lessen \| lethargic \| lifeless \| listless \| lull \| lumpish \| mitigate \| mollify \| moribund \| mull \| narcotize \| nip \| nonchalant \| numbed \| obdurate \| obtund \| obtuse \| Olympian \| pad \| palliate \| palsy \| paralyze \| passive \| penetrate \| phlegmatic \| pierce \| pluckless \| pooped \| poultice \| pour balm into \| pour oil on \| put to sleep \| reduce \| refrigerate \| relieve \| remote \| resigned \| salve \| sated \| senseless \| slack \| slacken \| slake \| sleepy \| slow \| sluggish \| soften \| somnolent \| soothe \| soporific \| spiritless \| spunkless \| stagnant \| stagnating \| stoic \| stultified \| stun \| stupe \| stupefied \| stupefy \| subdue \| supine \| thick-skinned \| thick-witted \| torpid \| uncaring \| unconcerned \| unconscious \| unfeeling \| unfelt \| uninterested \| unperceptive \| vegetable \| vegetative \| wan \| weary \| withdrawn \| world-weary See Also \| desensitise \| desensitize Numb In Webster's Dictionary \Numb\, a. [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. [root]7. See {Nimble}, {Nomad}, and cf. {Benumb}.] 1. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold. ``A stony image, cold and numb.'' --Shak. 2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [Obs.] --Shak. \Numb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Numbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Numbing}.] To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. --Dryden. Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. --Tennyson.

Numb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Numb?

[adj] so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move"
[adj] lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
[v] make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

See Also | desensitise | desensitize

Numb In Webster's Dictionary

\Numb\, a. [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of
nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. [root]7. See {Nimble},
{Nomad}, and cf. {Benumb}.]
1. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and
   motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the
   fingers or limbs are numb with cold. ``A stony image, cold
   and numb.'' --Shak.

2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
   [Obs.] --Shak.


\Numb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Numbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Numbing}.]
To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion;
to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to
stupefy.

      For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. --Dryden.

      Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.       --Tennyson.

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