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numb

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adjective

1
: unable to feel anything in a particular part of your body especially as a result of cold or anesthesia
It was so cold that my fingers went numb.
2
: unable to think, feel, or react normally because of something that shocks or upsets you : indifferent
He stood there numb with fear.
numbly adverb
numbness noun

numb

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verb

numbed; numbing

transitive verb

: to make (someone or something) numb: such as
a
: to cause (a part of the body) to lose sensation
hands numbed by the cold
The injection will numb the area to be operated on.
b
: to impair in force or sensation : deaden
trying to numb the pain
c
: to make (someone) unable to think, feel, or react normally
But there is no humor in Natural Born Killers. It is a relentlessly bloody story designed to shock us and to numb us further to the senselessness of reckless murder. Michael Shnayerson
In her last book, Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag disputes the notion that viewers are numbed by an onslaught of photographed calamities. Dennis Lim
But Madame Melmotte was neither crushed by grief nor did she affect to be so crushed. She had been numbed by the suddenness and by the awe of the catastrophe. Anthony Trolloppe

Example Sentences

Adjective The side of my face was still numb an hour after the surgery. I had a numb feeling in my toes. It was so cold that my fingers went numb. A stroke can cause one side of your body to go numb. Her son had died and she just felt numb. He stood there numb with fear. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Patrick and Engelbert roam the USSR professing wonderment but feeling nothing, alive to experiences but numb to experience, dead inside—and eventually just plain dead. Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2022 The field goes numb, essentially, as the beneficial microbiome shorts out. Matt Simon, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2022 In a recent interview with TODAY, the 38-year-old — known famously on the social media platform as iJustine — revealed that her arm went numb, swelled up and turned purple during the last week of March. Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 Her voice, as impassive as her face, conveys the numb disbelief of the brokenhearted. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 Once the lips are numb, the actual injecting, which consists of the provider using a small, thin needle to inject the filler into various parts of the lips, usually lasts about 5-10 minutes. Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022 Her anxiety spiked, her heart thumped out of her chest, and her left arm went numb. Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic, 2 May 2022 But as time has gone on, the mind starts to become numb and depression sets in; people have realized that the multitude of people challenging one through their day is an essential jolt to stay in the present. Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022 But the alarms are already sounding and if anything the country is going numb to them. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English nomen, from past participle of nimen to take — more at nim

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1561, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of numb was in the 14th century

See also: num


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