'Numb' definitions:

Definition of 'numb'

From: WordNet
adjective
Lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" [syn: asleep(p), benumbed, numb]
adjective
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy" [syn: dead(p), numb(p)]
adjective
So frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified; "too numb with fear to move"
verb
Make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: numb, benumb, blunt, dull]

Definition of 'Numb'

From: GCIDE
  • Numb \Numb\ (n[u^]m), a. [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. [root]7. See Nimble, Nomad, and cf. Benumb.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Numb'

From: GCIDE
  • Numb \Numb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed (n[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing (n[u^]m"[i^]ng).] To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. [1913 Webster]
  • For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'numb'

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