NUMBING

numbing

(adjective) causing numbness or insensitivity; “the numbing effect of grief”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

numbing

present participle of numb

Anagrams

• Ngumbin

Source: Wiktionary


NUMB

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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