English adjective: numb | |||
1. | numb lacking sensation | ||
Samples | My foot is asleep. Numb with cold. | ||
Synonyms | asleep, benumbed | ||
Similar | insensible | ||
Antonyms | sensible, sensitive | ||
2. | numb (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive | ||
Samples | Passersby were dead to our plea for help. Numb to the cries for mercy. | ||
Synonyms | dead | ||
Similar | insensitive | ||
Antonyms | sensitive | ||
3. | numb so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified | ||
Samples | Too numb with fear to move. | ||
Similar | afraid | ||
Antonyms | fearless, unafraid | ||
English verb: numb | |||
1. | numb (perception) make numb or insensitive | ||
Samples | The shock numbed her senses. | ||
Examples | The bad news will numb him, The performance is likely to numb Sue | ||
Synonyms | benumb, blunt, dull | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | desensitise, desensitize | ||