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Princeton's WordNet
numbnessnoun
partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessnessnoun
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
Wiktionary
numbnessnoun
Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
numbnessnoun
Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Numbnessnoun
Torpor; interruption of action or sensation; deadness; stupefaction.
Etymology: from numb.
Stir, nay, come away;
Bequeath to death your numbness; for from him
Dear life redeems you. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.’Till length of years
And sedentary numbness craze my limbs
To a contemptible old age obscure. John Milton, Agon.Cold numbness strait bereaves
Her corps of sense, and th’ air her soul receives. John Denham.Silence is worse than the fiercest and loudest accusations; since it may proceed from a kind of numbness or stupidity of conscience, and an absolute dominion obtained by sin over the soul, so that it shall not so much as dare to complain, or make a stir. Robert South, Sermons.
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numbness
Numbness is a lack or reduction of sensation in a particular part of the body, often resulting from damage, inflammation, or compression of nerves. It can be temporary or permanent, and is often associated with tingling or pins-and-needles sensations.
Webster Dictionary
Numbnessnoun
the condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of numbness in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of numbness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of numbness in a Sentence
I can't say that( my reaction) was one of surprise. It was one of sheer numbness. It was like being hit over the head and knocked cold.
The primary dues a writer or any artist pays is to remain sentient, and to forfeit the illusionary luxury of such anesthetics as avoidance, numbness, and denials.
When they came home, many of the fittest and best-trained warriors we've ever had were not the same; headaches, numbness, dizziness, cancer. My son Beau was one of them.
Nobody wants numbness, we want our senses.
These burn pits that incinerate waste, the waste of war, medical and hazardous material, jet fuel and so much more, and they come home, many of the fittest and best-trained warriors in the world, never the same, headaches, numbness, dizziness, a cancer that would put them in a flag-draped coffin.
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