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numb·ness
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Wiktionary
numbnessnoun
Synonyms:
hypesthesia
English Synonyms and Antonyms
numbness
Synonyms:
coldness, deadness, hardness, insensibility, unconsciousnessAntonyms:
feeling, impressibility, sensibility, sensitiveness, susceptibility
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
numbness
Synonyms:
hebetude, callousness, insensibilityAntonyms:
acuteness, sensibility, liveliness, sensitiveness
Princeton's WordNet
numbnessnoun
partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
Synonyms:
indifference, spiritlessness, apathyapathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessnessnoun
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
Synonyms:
phlegm, indifference, impassivity, nonchalance, spiritlessness, apathy, unconcern, emotionlessness, impassiveness, stolidity, unemotionality
Dictionary of English Synonymes
numbnessnoun
Synonyms:
torpor, insensibility, deadness, paralysis, palsy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
numbnessnoun
Synonyms:
insensibility
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List of paraphrases for "numbness":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#20803 | hardness | |
#21562 | dizziness | |
#25345 | indifference | |
#28609 | apathy | |
#37017 | numbness | |
#56268 | unconsciousness | |
#66641 | coldness | |
#77967 | phlegm | |
#140157 | callousness | |
#158236 | nonchalance | |
#189206 | insensibility | |
#222430 | deadness | |
#229318 | unconcern |
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I can't say that( my reaction) was one of surprise. It was one of sheer numbness. It was like being hit over the head and knocked cold.
There’s a numbness that hits you first. You know, kind of like you go into crisis mode. You think about what you can do, what you can’t do, the real pain is going to sink in over time.
They [service members] come home many of the fittest and best-trained warriors in the world, never the same. Headaches, numbness, dizziness, a cancer that would put them in a flag-draped coffin, one of those soldiers was my son, Maj. Beau Biden. I don't know for sure if the burn pit that he lived near, that his hooch [barracks] was there in Iraq, and before that Kosovo, is the cause of his brain cancer and the disease of so many other troops. But I am committed to find out everything we can.
When he arrived, Hader had numbness, weakness, double vision, and his left side was numb.
These burn pits that incinerate waste, the waste of war, medical and hazardous material, jet fuel and so much more, and they come home, many of the fittest and best-trained warriors in the world, never the same, headaches, numbness, dizziness, a cancer that would put them in a flag-draped coffin.
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