numb

/nʌm/
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numb

The hiker's fingers were numb with cold.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Lacking physical sensation: Describes a part of the body that has lost the ability to feel, often due to cold, injury, or pressure.
    • Devoid of emotion or feeling: Describes a state of being emotionally unresponsive, shocked, or indifferent.

  2. Verb:

    • To cause a loss of sensation: To make a part of the body lose physical feeling.
    • To dull emotions or senses: To make someone less able to feel emotions or react, often due to shock or trauma.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective:

    • My fingers were numb after holding the ice.
    • She felt numb with grief after hearing the tragic news.
    • He was numb to their criticism after hearing it so many times.

  • Verb:

    • The dentist will numb your gum before the procedure.
    • The sheer horror of the event numbed his mind.
Advanced Usage
  • "numb to something": To be unresponsive or indifferent to a particular feeling or situation due to overexposure or shock.
    • Years of working in the emergency room had made him numb to scenes of injury.
  • "numb with something": To be so affected by a strong physical or emotional state (like cold, fear, or shock) that one loses sensation or feeling.
    • They were numb with cold after waiting in the snow.
Variants and Related Words
  • Numbly (adverb): In a numb manner; without feeling or sensation.
    • He stared numbly at the letter.
  • Numbness (noun): The condition of being numb.
    • The numbness in her foot began to fade.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (physical): Insensible, deadened, asleep, unfeeling.
  • Adjective (emotional): Unfeeling, indifferent, unresponsive, stunned, dazed.
  • Verb: Deaden, desensitize, stun, paralyze, anesthetize.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(The word "numb" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is typically conveyed directly or with prepositions like "to" or "with.")

Related Idioms
  • Numb and number: A play on words from the phrase "more and more," used to describe a state of increasing emotional desensitization.
    • After the third corporate layoff announcement, the staff felt numb and number.
numb

The hiker's fingers were numb with cold.

Adjective
  1. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
    • too numb with fear to move
  2. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
    • passersby were dead to our plea for help
    • numb to the cries for mercy
  3. lacking sensation
    • my foot is asleep
    • numb with cold
Verb
  1. make numb or insensitive
    • The shock numbed her senses

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