'Numbness' definitions:
Definition of 'numbness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
noun
The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally [syn: apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness]
Definition of 'Numbness'
From: GCIDE
- Numbness \Numb"ness\, n. 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'numbness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acedia,
- aloofness,
- analgesia,
- anesthesia,
- apathy,
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- benumbedness,
- blah,
- blahs,
- callousness,
- comatoseness,
- deadness,
- detachment,
- disinterest,
- dispassion,
- dullness,
- electronarcosis,
- heartlessness,
- hebetude,
- hopelessness,
- impassibility,
- imperception,
- imperceptiveness,
- imperceptivity,
- impercipience,
- inappetence,
- inconsiderateness,
- indifference,
- insensibility,
- insensibleness,
- insensitiveness,
- insensitivity,
- insentience,
- insouciance,
- lack of appetite,
- languidness,
- lethargicalness,
- lethargy,
- listlessness,
- narcosis,
- narcotization,
- nonchalance,
- obtuseness,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- phlegm,
- phlegmaticalness,
- phlegmaticness,
- pins and needles,
- plucklessness,
- resignation,
- resignedness,
- sloth,
- sluggishness,
- sopor,
- soporifousness,
- spiritlessness,
- spunklessness,
- stupefaction,
- stupor,
- supineness,
- thick skin,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpor,
- unconcern,
- unfeeling,
- unfeelingness,
- unperceptiveness,
- withdrawnness