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1. (adj.) numb
deprived of sensation, as by anesthesia:
fingers numb with cold.
2. numb
incapable of feeling emotion.
3. (v.t.) numb
to make numb.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME nome lit., taken, seized, var. of nomen, numen, OE numen, ptp. of niman to take; see nim)
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| Definition of 'numb' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) asleep(p), benumbed, numb
lacking sensation
"my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
2. (adj) dead(p), numb(p)
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
"passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
3. (verb) numb
so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
"too numb with fear to move"
4. (verb) numb, benumb, blunt, dull
make numb or insensitive
"The shock numbed her senses"
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1. (adjective) numb
(of a part of the body) unable to feel anything
Her hands were numb with cold.
2. numb
(of a person) unable to feel any emotion
For days after she left, he felt numb.; She stared numbly out the window.
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| Definition of 'numb' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) numb
enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold
2. (adj) numb
producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night
3. (verb) numb
to make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy
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Sense: not able to feel or move
My arm has gone numb; She was numb with cold.
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 Afrikaans: lam |
 Arabic: حَدِر، فاقِد الحِس |
 Bulgarian: изтръпнал |
 Brazilian: entorpecido |
 Czech: ochromený, zkřehlý |
 German: taub |
 Danish: følelsesløs |
 Greek: μουδιασμένος |
 Spanish: entumecido, insensible |
 Estonian: tuim, kange |
 Farsi: سست |
 Finnish: puutunut |
 French: engourdi |
 Hebrew: רָדוּם |
 Hindi: सुन्न |
 Croatian: ukočen |
 Hungarian: zsibbadt |
 Indonesian: kebas |
 Icelandic: dofinn, tilfinningalaus |
 Italian: intorpidito, intirizzito |
 Japanese: しびれた |
 Korean: (손발이) 저린, 언, 마비된 |
 Lithuanian: nutirpęs, sustiręs, nustė |
 Latvian: nejutīgs; notirpis |
 Malay: kebas |
 Dutch: verstijfd |
 Norwegian: følelsesløs, stiv av kuld |
 Polish: ścierpnięty, skostniały |
 Persian: سست |
 Pashto: سست،ضعيف |
 Portuguese: dormente |
 Romanian: amorţit |
 Russian: онемелый; окоченевший |
 Slovak: skrehnutý |
 Slovenian: odrevenel |
 Serbian: utrnuo |
 Swedish: domnad, stel |
 Thai: ชา |
 Turkish: uyşuk, uyuşmuş, hissizleş |
 Taiwanese: 麻木的 |
 Ukrainian: заціпенілий, онімілий |
 Urdu: بے حس، سُن |
 Vietnamese: tê cóng; chết lặng |
 Chinese: 麻木的 |
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