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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?
While we've been fighting this pandemic for so long, we have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow, we have to resist viewing each life as a statistic, or a blur, or on the news.
When he left he said, 'I leave you in peace and I want you to live in peace,' on the day of his passing I was not able to think, I was numb.
If all patient people were to be called cold and numb, you will find a greater population of only such cold and numb people in this world
I had promised my brother [ Dylan ] that I would make sure that we got out alive, i carried so much guilt because he did n’t live, and I did. I felt like it should have been the other way around. I handled all of that in very unhealthy ways. I started drinking at age 13, smoking marijuana and hanging out with older people. I was trying to numb everything. And there was a possibility that my dad might die. I did n’t know what to do.
It feels like I’ve lost track of how many times there was a state of emergency, everyone is numb to it now.
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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