numb | ||
1. | [ adjective ] lacking sensation | |
Synonyms: | benumbed asleep | |
Examples: | "my foot is asleep" "numb with cold" |
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Related terms: | insensible | |
2. | [ adjective ] so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror | |
Synonyms: | petrified | |
Examples: | "petrified with fear" "she was petrified by the eerie sound" "too numb with fear to move" |
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Related terms: | afraid | |
3. | [ adjective ] (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive | |
Synonyms: | dead | |
Examples: | "passersby were dead to our plea for help" "numb to the cries for mercy" |
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Related terms: | insensitive | |
4. | [ verb ] make numb or insensitive | |
Synonyms: | blunt dull benumb | |
Examples: | "The shock numbed her senses" |
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Related terms: | desensitize desensitize | |