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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?
I just kind of felt it almost lock up on me and going to the sideline, my two middle fingers kind of went numb, and I could n’t aggressively grip the ball enough to be out there and help my team.
Then he just woke up with both his legs numb and cold and so weak he couldn't walk.
Matthew died shortly after losing his father to cancer, i believe that it what turned him to use drugs, to try to numb the pain.
The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath-the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the stench.
Another black kid gone, no big deal. Another black kid in jail, no big deal, we've become numb.
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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