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numb

/n/@/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are <i>numb</i> with cold.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. lacking sensation

    adj.all

    Examples
    Numb with cold.
    Synonyms asleep benumbed

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

    adj.all

    Examples
    Numb to the cries for mercy.
    Synonyms dead

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified

    adj.all

    Examples
    Too numb with fear to move.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. make numb or insensitive

    verb.perception

    Examples
    The shock numbed her senses.
    Synonyms benumb blunt dull

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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