Synonyms for numb
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1. numbverb

   Synonyms:
   benumb

   Antonyms:
   sensitive, sensible

2. numbadjective

   Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.

   The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness.

   Synonyms:
   benumb

   Antonyms:
   sensitive, sensible

3. numbadjective

   Antonyms:
   sensible, sensitive

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1. asleep(p), benumbed, numbadjective

   lacking sensation

   "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"

   Antonyms:
   fearless, sensible, sensitive, unafraid(p)

2. dead(p), numb(p)adjective

   (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

   "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"

   Antonyms:
   fearless, unafraid(p), sensitive, sensible

3. numbverb

   so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified

   "too numb with fear to move"

   Synonyms:
   numb(p), asleep(p), benumbed, dead(p)

   Antonyms:
   sensitive, sensible, fearless, unafraid(p)

4. numb, benumb, blunt, dullverb

   make numb or insensitive

   "The shock numbed her senses"

   Synonyms:
   benumb, tone down, mute, dull, deaden, blunt, pall, damp, muffle, dampen

   Antonyms:
   sensitive, fearless, unafraid(p), sensible

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1. • Desensitize

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1. choke (verb)

   to stop something from being done

   the assistants were all choked on the extra assignment the boss had given them

   Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019  

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1. numbadjective

   Synonyms:
   torpid, benumbed

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1. numbadjective

   Synonyms:
   deadened, unfeeling, insensible, benumbed

2. numbverb

   Synonyms:
   benumb, deaden

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1. List of paraphrases for "numb":

   insensitive, paralyzed, asleep, paralysed

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1. Aubriana Acuna:

   We’re just kind of numb to it at this point since this has happened so much, we’re so exhausted about all this. It’s so unfair. … This happens almost every single day. I can’t even walk outside my house without feeling like I’m gonna die, or I’m gonna get shot. And it’s terrifying for everyone.

2. President Barack Obama:

   Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up routine... We have become numb to this.

3. John Oliver:

   Here's the thing about that, it is not only in the Panhandle where you can get away with that statement, you can now get away with this all over the country and, as he just made painfully clear, in any room the actual president is in, which is absolutely appalling. And that is something we can not afford to get numb to. Because if that ever even a moment feels like it's become normal, we are completely f *** ed.

4. President Barack Obama:

   Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it ... We have become numb to this.

5. Nick Cannon:

   Yesterday, it was a little easier than today because yesterday I was so laser-focused and even numb.