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

Matched Categories

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. Josh Allen -LRB- 17 -RRB-:

   My toes get really cold, and they go numb a little bit, so keeping those suckers as warm and as dry as possible as well as the hands, obviously, that's a big emphasis for quarterbacks, you need your hands to throw, so keeping those extremities as warm as possible.

2. Brene Brown:

   Numb the dark and you numb the light.

3. Andrea Pergola:

   Please if you are stung or your kid is stung get to the ER and let them treat you, i can assure you, we didn’t realize he had been stung so many times (the entire site was on fire and then went numb) and normal over-the-counter Benadryl would not have treated this at home.

4. Katrina Bookman:

   I could n’t believe it, my body went numb.

5. Sham Krishna Awal:

   I went numb, i didn't hear anything, didn't know if they were alive or not.