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Synonyms for numb
nʌmnumb
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Princeton's WordNet
asleep(p), benumbed, numbadjective
lacking sensation
"my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
Antonyms:
fearless, sensible, sensitive, unafraid(p)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, sensiblenumbverb
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)numb, benumb, blunt, dullverb
make numb or insensitive
"The shock numbed her senses"
Synonyms:
benumb, tone down, mute, dull, deaden, blunt, pall, damp, muffle, dampenAntonyms:
sensitive, fearless, unafraid(p), sensible
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Editors Contribution
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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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#11372 | blunt | |
#11647 | asleep | |
#13293 | dull | |
#15923 | mute | |
#18220 | damp | |
#22833 | insensitive | |
#23051 | numb | |
#34513 | paralyzed | |
#35818 | pall | |
#51445 | dampen | |
#71541 | paralysed | |
#115405 | muffle | |
#158158 | deaden | |
#288184 | benumbed |
How to use numb in a sentence?
We've become too numb to gun violence, tomorrow we must step up and engage in a very honest conversation about why this happened and what we can do specifically to prevent this violence.
Iluvien-implant is a cylindrical metallic thing that inside it has the steroid that is slowly released, we numb the patient around the eye, we make sure everything is sterile, and then we actually stick a needle in the eye. And the idea of sticking a needle in the eye sounds very scary but the results sort of bring patients back because it works.
We need different types of help. Half of the students seem traumatized about the incident, the other half are just numb to it, it’s very daunting being in my position because I do care about the district, it’s my community and I want to make sure things get better.
Eventually what OxyContin helped me with was just mentally facing people, still to this day, there’s not one day that goes by where somebody doesn’t say to me, ‘Oh yeah, you’re that guy, you threw away your career in a wreck right?’ or fans are like, ‘Ah man you killed us man, you killed us Bulls fans.’ So people reminded me of the worst day of my life and OxyContin for me throughout that time was a way for me to escape that–- numb them out and blur the conversation.
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.
Translations for numb
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- خدرArabic
- вцепенявам, вкочанясвамBulgarian
- necitlivýCzech
- følelsesløsDanish
- betäuben, benommen, starr, taub, gefühllos, betäubtGerman
- ναρκωμένοςGreek
- sensentaEsperanto
- adormecido, insensible, dormido, entumido, entorpecido, entumecidoSpanish
- بیحس, کرختPersian
- puuduttaa, tunnoton, puutunut, turruttaaFinnish
- gourd, engourdir, anesthésier, engourdiFrench
- nimhneachIrish
- सुन्नHindi
- dermedt, eltompult, zsibbadt, meggémberedett, kábultHungarian
- ընդարմացած, անզգա, թմրածArmenian
- mati rasaIndonesian
- intorpidita, intorpiditoItalian
- 無感覚, 麻痺するJapanese
- გაფიჩხებული, გაშეშებულიGeorgian
- 마비되는Korean
- torpēnsLatin
- stīvs, nejutīgs, stingsLatvian
- verdoofd, bewusteloos, verkleumd, in slaap doen, verdoven, verstijfdDutch
- nummenNorwegian
- odrętwiałyPolish
- entorpecidoPortuguese
- amorțit, amorțiRomanian
- онемелыйRussian
- valen, nummen, domnadSwedish
- నంబ్Telugu
- ชาThai
- uyuşukTurkish
- онімінняUkrainian
- بے حسUrdu
- têVietnamese
- געליימטYiddish
- 麻木的Chinese
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