Synonyms of the word numb


NUMBAFRAID - ASLEEP - BENUMB - BENUMBED - BLUNT - DEAD - DESENSITISE - DESENSITIZE - DULL - INSENSIBLE - INSENSITIVE - PETRIFIED

numb

  • adj. Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
  • adj. Not able to react, surprised, shocked.
  • adj. Causing numbness.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to become numb.

afraid

  • adj. (usually used predicatively, not attributively) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
  • adj. (colloquial) regretful, sorry.

asleep

  • adj. In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
  • adj. (slang) Inattentive.
  • adj. (of a body part) Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.
  • adj. (euphemistic) dead.

benumb

  • v. (transitive) To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
  • v. (transitive) To deaden.

benumbed

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of benumb.
  • adj. Lacking sensation; numb.
  • adj. Lacking interest; dulled.

blunt

  • adj. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
  • adj. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
  • adj. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
  • adj. Hard to impress or penetrate.
  • adj. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
  • n. A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
  • n. A short needle with a strong point.
  • n. (smoking) A marijuana cigar.
  • n. (Britain, slang, archaic, uncountable) money.
  • n. A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
  • v. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
  • v. (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of.

dead

  • adj. (not comparable) No longer living.
  • adj. (hyperbolic) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
  • adj. (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
  • adj. Without emotion.
  • adj. Stationary; static.
  • adj. Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
  • adj. Unproductive.
  • adj. (not comparable, of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; without power; without…
  • adj. (not comparable) Broken or inoperable.
  • adj. (not comparable) No longer used or required.
  • adj. (engineering) Not imparting motion or power.
  • adj. (not comparable, sports) Not in play.
  • adj. (not comparable, golf, of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in…
  • adj. (not comparable, baseball, slang, 1800s) Tagged out.
  • adj. (not comparable) Full and complete.
  • adj. (not comparable) Exact.
  • adj. Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
  • adj. (informal) (Certain to be) in big trouble.
  • adj. Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.
  • adj. (obsolete) Bringing death; deadly.
  • adj. (law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.
  • adv. (degree) Exactly right.
  • adv. (degree) Very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly.
  • adv. As if dead.
  • n. (uncountable, singular only, often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
  • n. (plural, with "the") Those who have died.
  • v. (transitive) To prevent by disabling; stop.
  • v. (transitive) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
  • v. (Britain, transitive, slang) To kill.

desensitise

  • v. Alternative spelling of desensitize.

desensitize

  • v. To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive.

dull

  • adj. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
  • adj. Boring; not exciting or interesting.
  • adj. Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
  • adj. Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
  • adj. Sluggish, listless.
  • adj. Cloudy, overcast.
  • adj. Insensible; unfeeling.
  • adj. Heavy; lifeless; inert.
  • adj. (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
  • adj. (of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.
  • v. (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
  • v. (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
  • v. (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
  • v. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

insensible

  • adj. Unable to be perceived by the senses.
  • adj. Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
  • adj. Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
  • adj. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
  • adj. Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
  • adj. Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.

insensitive

  • adj. Not expressing normal physical feeling.
  • adj. Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic.

petrified

  • adj. Extremely afraid.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of petrify.

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