numb
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
manifesting or resembling numbness: a numb sensation.
lacking or deficient in emotion or feeling; indifferent: She was numb to their pleas for mercy.
to make numb.
Origin of numb
1Other words from numb
- numb·ly, adverb
- numb·ness, noun
- half-numb, adjective
- un·numbed, adjective
Words Nearby numb
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How to use numb in a sentence
Although I feel more numb than overwhelmed this year, I am grateful for the simplicity of this dish.
Figs stuffed with goat cheese are the low-effort, high-flavor appetizer you need | Ellie Krieger | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostThe technical distinction is mind-numbing to everyone but securities lawyers, but has some important implications.
Last winter, JaMarcus Crews forced his feet, however numb, to walk a paved public track in the town of Centreville, Alabama, until his calves cramped and sweat bloomed across his T-shirt.
For Years, JaMarcus Crews Tried to Get a New Kidney, but Corporate Healthcare Stood in the Way | by Lizzie Presser | December 15, 2020 | ProPublicaThey’re exactly what I want to keep my legs from going numb while cooking dinner on late-fall camping trips.
To keep the blood flow going, she releases saliva from the hypopharynx, which contains a tranquilizer to numb sensation.
Evolution made mosquitos into stealthy, sensitive vampires | Erica McAlister | October 15, 2020 | Popular-Science
Have I got shot up with painkillers and Xylocaine and different things to numb areas so I can play?
As a person in Iraq, you learn from an early age how to become “lifeless” – absolutely numb with no feelings whatsoever.
But a fleeting impression suggests that rap has a tendency rather to numb as, for all I know, narcotics might.
Tupac and Murray Kempton: The Godfather Who Wore Tweed | Michael Daly | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI became numb to the barrage of smells: citrus disinfectants, burning trash, sewage, sweat, and diesel.
How I’ll End the War: My First Week Back in Afghanistan | Nick Willard | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNeubauer says that she was numb and disoriented and scared to talk to the police.
Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story | Jacob Siegel | March 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen she thought that he was there at hand, waiting for her, she grew numb with the intoxication of expectancy.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHer soul was numb, her courage seemed dead, and little care had she in that hour of what might betide her now.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniAs they sat by the ashes, numb with the cold, all of a sudden a new warmth filled the lodge.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children | Mabel PowersNo, thank ye—I don't want to go so near yet; my feet's all numb an' they allays hurt so when they warms up fast.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousThe days that followed were not unhappy for me; and Patricia appeared to be contented in a numb sort of way.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh Pendexter
British Dictionary definitions for numb
/ (nʌm) /
deprived of feeling through cold, shock, etc
unable to move; paralysed
characteristic of or resembling numbness: a numb sensation
to make numb; deaden, shock, or paralyse
Origin of numb
1Derived forms of numb
- numbly, adverb
- numbness, noun
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