numb
numb/nəm/
adjective
deprived of the power of sensation.
"my feet were numb with cold"
synonyms: deprived of sensation, without feeling, numbed, benumbed, dead, deadened, desensitized, insensible, insensate, senseless, unfeeling, anesthetized, drugged, dazed, stunned, stupefied, in shock, paralyzed, petrified, immobilized, frozen, chilled, torpefied
verb
deprive of feeling or responsiveness.
"the cold had numbed her senses"
synonyms: deadening, desensitizing, benumbing, anesthetizing, anesthetic, paralyzing, torpefying, freezing, glacial, raw, piercing, cutting, bitter, arctic, polar
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adjective. ˈnəm. Synonyms of numb. 1. : unable to feel anything in a particular part of your body especially as a result of cold or anesthesia.
If you are numb with shock, fear, or grief, you are so shocked, frightened, or upset that you cannot think clearly or feel any emotion.
NUMB meaning: 1 : unable to feel anything in a particular part of your body because of cold, injury, etc.; 2 : unable to think, feel, or react normally ...
unable to feel, think, or react in the normal way He felt numb with shock. see numbing.
ˈnəm. Definition of numb. as in numbed. lacking in sensation or feeling I've been sitting in the same position for too long and now my feet are numb. numbed.
lacking or deficient in emotion or feeling; indifferent: She was numb to their pleas for mercy.