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Meaning & Definition of Numb in English

English

Numb

/nəm/

verb

1. Make numb or insensitive

  • "The shock numbed her senses"
synonym:
  • numb,
  • benumb,
  • blunt,
  • dull

adjective

1. Lacking sensation

  • "My foot is asleep"
  • "Numb with cold"
synonym:
  • asleep(p),
  • benumbed,
  • numb

2. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity

  • Unresponsive
  • "Passersby were dead to our plea for help"
  • "Numb to the cries for mercy"
synonym:
  • dead(p),
  • numb(p)

3. So frightened as to be unable to move

  • Stunned or paralyzed with terror
  • Petrified
  • "Too numb with fear to move"
synonym:
  • numb

Examples of using

An ice pack will numb the pain.
My fingers are so numb with cold that I can't play the piano.
The swimmers were numb with cold.