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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

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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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