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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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