Another word for numbness

numbness Synonyms

numbness

deadness, anesthesia, stupefaction, dullness, insensitivity, insensibility, paralysis, loss of motion, loss of sensation.

WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"numbness." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 December 2018. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/numbness>.

APA Style

numbness. (n.d.). Retrieved December 17th, 2018, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/numbness

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

Gradually the numbness gave way to pain.
There is a sensation of burning, tingling and numbness in the mouth, and of burning in the abdomen.
When put to the lip, the juice of the aconite root produces a feeling of numbness and tingling.
Slowly the numbness wore off and shame brought tears to her eyes.
The best method of application is by rubbing in a small quantity of the aconitine ointment until numbness is felt, but the costliness of this preparation causes the use of the aconite liniment to be commonly resorted to.

» more...