ADJECTIVE | all | numb, asleep, benumbed | lacking sensation |
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all | numb, dead | (followed by 'to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity | |
all | numb | so frightened as to be unable to move | |
VERB | perception | numb, benumb, blunt, dull | make numb or insensitive |
Sounds | nah'm | |
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Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... |
Meaning | lacking sensation. | |
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Example | "numb with cold" | |
Synonyms | asleep, benumbed | |
Broader | insensible | Incapable of physical sensation |
Spanish | entumecido, insensibilizado, insensible | |
Catalan | insensibilitzat, insensible | |
Nouns | numbness | partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body |
Adverbs | numbly | in a numb manner |
Meaning | (followed by 'to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive. | |
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Example | "numb to the cries for mercy" | |
Synonym | dead | |
Broader | insensitive | Deficient in human sensibility |
Nouns | numbness | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally |
Meaning | So frightened as to be unable to move; stunned / stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified. | |
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Example | "too numb with fear to move" | |
Broader | afraid | Filled with fear or apprehension |
Meaning | make numb or insensitive. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will numb him; The performance is likely to numb Sue | |
Example | "The shock numbed her senses" | |
Synonyms | benumb, blunt, dull | |
Broader | desensitize, desensitise | Cause not to be sensitive |
Spanish | adormecer | |
Catalan | adormir |
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