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
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.
• sensible, sensitive
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
22 May 2025
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
