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Another word for numb

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Adjective

  1. Lacking physical feeling or sensitivity

    See also:

    awareness

  2. Lacking responsiveness or alertness

    See also:

    awareness

Verb

  1. To render less sensitive

    Idioms:
    See also:

    awareness

  2. To render helpless, as by emotion

    See also:

    affect

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Another word for numb

Modifier

  1. Insensible

    See also:

    paralyzed

  2. Insensitive

    See also:

    listless

    indifferent

    callous

Verb
  1. See also:

    deaden

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Sentence Examples

  • Her legs were so numb that she staggered and grabbed the stirrup.

  • Her clothes were soaking wet and her backside was numb with cold.

  • He wasn't trying to numb the pain.

  • Gabriel stood for a long moment, numb, and then flung a knife into the forest with a roar.

  • By the time he set her down safe and dry on the other side, her hands were going numb and her shoulders were aching.

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