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[ nuhm ] / nʌm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR numb ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, numb·er, numb·est.deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold. manifesting or resembling numbness: a numb sensation. incapable of action or of feeling emotion; enervated; prostrate: numb with grief. lacking or deficient in emotion or feeling; indifferent: She was numb to their pleas for mercy. Origin of numb1400–50; late Middle English nome literally, taken, seized, variant of nomen, numen,Old English numen, past participle of niman to take, nim1 OTHER WORDS FROM numbnumbly, adverbnumbness, nounhalf-numb, adjectiveun·numbed, adjectiveWords nearby numbnum., Numantia, Numantian, Numa Pompilius, Numazu, numb, numbat, number, number-cruncher, number crunching, numbered account Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for numbTo 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 Some people prefer to use numbing cream, but no anesthesia is required and discomfort is minor. Can you get too much Botox?|By Matthew J. Lin/The Conversation|October 1, 2020|Popular Science The itching was so bad that I put ice cubes in my leggings in hopes of numbing the bites enough so I could sleep. The Bug Bite Thing Really Works|Abbey Gingras|September 7, 2020|Outside Online Have I got shot up with painkillers and Xylocaine and different things to numb areas so I can play? The NFL Runs on Piles of Painkillers|Robert Silverman|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST Neubauer 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|DAILY BEAST People are numb to these comments because of the Phil Robertson uproar. Why ‘The Bachelor’ Star’s Anti-Gay Comments Got a Pass, But ‘Duck Dynasty’ Didn't|Dean Obeidallah|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST It takes several close calls month-after-month to get truly hardened, or numb, in places like Fallujah, Khost, or Helmand. Send in the Marines—and the Anthropologists too?|John Kael Weston|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST They saw a fire which a squad of the recruits had kindled near the river, to warm their numb hands. A Dream of Empire|William Henry Venable The numb, fleshless fingers could hardly guide, or even wield the ax. History of the Donner Party|C.F. McGlashan But Winnie's numb brain was on another tack; she did not pursue the implications of Mrs. O'Leary's remark. Mrs. Maxon Protests|Anthony Hope He understood that perfectly, yet he was too numb to grieve just now. In And Out|Edgar Franklin Silverthorn was numb from sleeping in a cramped posture and without covering; but a deeper chill shook him at these words. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3|Various
British Dictionary definitions for numb
adjectivedeprived of feeling through cold, shock, etc unable to move; paralysed characteristic of or resembling numbnessa numb sensation verb (tr)to make numb; deaden, shock, or paralyse Derived forms of numbnumbly, adverbnumbness, nounWord Origin for numbC15: nomen, literally: taken (with paralysis), from Old English niman to take; related to Old Norse nema, Old High German niman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to numbindifferent, dazed, paralyze, stupefy, desensitize, dull, anesthetize, stupefied, frozen, callous, benumbed, paralyzed, detached, immobilized, numbed, anesthetized, benumb, blunt, frost, freeze Medical definitions for numb
adj.Being unable or only partially able to feel sensation or pain; deadened or anesthetized. Being emotionally unresponsive; indifferent. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |