Thesaurus: numb

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1. a. 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. a. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
3. v. t. To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
4. adj. lacking sensation
5. adj. (followed by ‘to’) not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
6. adj. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
7. v. make numb or insensitive
8. 1. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold. "A stony image, cold and numb." Shak. 2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [Obs.] Shak. To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. Dryden. Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. Tennyson.
9. To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion;to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. Dryden.Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. Tennyson.
10. j:70/v:30 v. make numb or insensitive s. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified