numb

numb
I UK [nʌm] / US adjective
1) a part of your body that is numb has no feeling

After hours of sitting on the floor, her legs had gone numb.

numb with:

fingers numb with cold

2) not able to react or to show your emotions, often because of an extreme shock
numb with:

I was numb with fear.


Derived words:
numbly
adverb
numbness
UK / US noun uncountable
II UK [nʌm] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "numb":
present tense I/you/we/they numb he/she/it numbs present participle numbing past tense numbed past participle numbed
1)
a) to make a part of your body lose its ability to feel

The heavy blow had numbed his arm.

b) to cause a very strong feeling of pain to disappear or become weaker

An injection soon numbed the pain.

2) to make someone unable to react or to show emotion, often because of an extreme shock

a nation numbed by political scandal


English dictionary. 2014.

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