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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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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