numb

numb · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Deprived of the power of sensation; unable to feel anything.

  2. 2.

    Emotionally unresponsive; stunned or unable to react.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    numb with cold — so cold as to have lost feeling
  • •
    go numb — to lose sensation

Related words

Antonyms: feeling, sensitive
See also: feeling, frozen, paralyzed, sensation
Synonyms: deadened, insensible, unfeeling

Etymology

From Middle English nome, past participle of nimen ("to take"), from Old English numen, past participle of niman ("to take, seize"). The original sense was "seized, taken" (as if by cold or shock).