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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?
People keep asking me how I'm doing. I say,' I'm vertical, I'm standing and you know that's a good start,' yesterday, it was a little easier than today because yesterday I was so laser-focused and even numb.
My office I will support law enforcement prosecutors every way we can in solving this crime holding accountable those responsible, school shootings, mass shootings gun violence happen far too often — and we must never become numb or desensitized. We must hold our hearts open to all the outrage and hold our minds open to all the solutions for ending it. We must not accept any more death and lives torn apart.
What I remember thinking and feeling those days, or that day in particular, is waking up and just wanting to end my life, i was extremely depressive and I felt kind of numb.
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.
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.
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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