vverb.perceptionmake numb or insensitiveSynset:benumb blunt dull
Examples:- The shock numbed her senses
Hypernyms:desensitise desensitize
Inherited Hypernyms:numbdesensitizechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: numb, benumb) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: numb, benumb)
adj satadj.alllacking sensationSynset:asleep benumbed
Examples:- my foot is asleep
- numb with cold
Antonyms:sensible
Derivationally Related Form:numbness
Inherited Hypernyms:asleep
Similar to:insensible
adj satadj.all(followed by 'to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsiveSynset:dead
Examples:- passersby were dead to our plea for help
- numb to the cries for mercy
Antonyms:sensitive
Derivationally Related Form:deadnessnumbness
Inherited Hypernyms:dead
Similar to:insensitive