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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

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 4 votes

  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. 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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "numb":

    insensitive, paralyzed, asleep, paralysed

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How to use numb in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. George Kent:

    It's a constant block of everything President Trump is trying to do. OK, Robert Mueller didn't get Robert Mueller. Other people didn't get Robert Mueller. Now we need to find another narrative. I think everyone's numb to it.

  3. Dorothy Gilman:

    If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.

  4. An Army veteran:

    Every deployment I felt a little more numb, it got to the point where when I went back to the civilian sector I didn’t know how to handle it.

  5. Chuck Carlson:

    The market has gotten reasonably comfortably numb to this tariff stuff, they are becoming more accustomed to this being a first foray and negotiating tool.


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