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numb
(adjective) so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified; “too numb with fear to move”
benumbed, asleep(p), numb
(adjective) lacking sensation; “my foot is asleep”; “numb with cold”
numb, dead(p)
(adjective) (followed by ‘to’) not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; “passersby were dead to our plea for help”; “numb to the cries for mercy”
numb, benumb, blunt, dull
(verb) make numb or insensitive; “The shock numbed her senses”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
numb (comparative number, superlative numbest)
Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
Synonyms: deadened, insensible
Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
Synonym: stunned
(obsolete) Causing numbness.
Antonyms
• sensible, sensitive
Verb
numb (third-person singular simple present numbs, present participle numbing, simple past and past participle numbed)
(transitive) To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).
Synonym: benumb
(transitive) To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.
Synonym: dull
(transitive) To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.
Synonym: dull
(intransitive) To become numb (especially physically).
Source: Wiktionary
Numb, a. Etym: [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. *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.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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