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, numb, 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. Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold:

   It's hard. It's challenging, i live three blocks up the street from that store. You're worried about your neighbors, you're worried about your partner. You're worried about everything when you getthat call. So, yeah, I feel numb. And it's heartbreaking. It's heartbreaking to talk to victims, their families. It's tragic.

2. George Rash Adams play:

   You get a little numb to it, it's just the way the market is. You can either sell it for a loss or hold on and try to recoup some.

3. Pomona High School:

   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.

4. James Comey:

   I kind of shrug and sometimes smile and laugh about it and then I have a secondary reaction, which is to be horrified at my own numb reaction, right ? we have to remind ourselves the President of the United States of America is publicly announcing that people are committing crimes, that they should be in jail.

5. 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.