numb (nʌm
)
Definitions
adjective
- deprived of feeling through cold, shock, etc
- unable to move; paralysed
- characteristic of or resembling numbness ⇒
a numb sensation
verb (tr)
- to make numb; deaden, shock, or paralyse
Alternative Forms
ˈnumbly adverb ˈnumbness nounWord Origin
C15: nomen, literally: taken (with paralysis), from Old English niman to take; related to Old Norse nema, Old High German nimanSynonyms
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unfeeling,
dead,
frozen,
paralysed,
insensitive,
deadened,
immobilized,
torpid,
insensible,
benumbed,
Translations
- British English:
numb
If a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything there.He could feel his fingers growing numb.nʌm ADJECTIVE He could feel his fingers growing numb.
- Spanish:
entumecido
adj entumecida
- French:
engourdi
adj
- German: empfindungslos adj
- Chinese: 麻木的 adj
- Arabic: خَدِرٌ adj
- Portuguese: dormente adj
- Russian: онемелый adj онемелая
- Croatian: umrtvljen adj umrtvljena
- Czech: ztuhlý adj
- Danish: følelsesløs adj
- Dutch: verstijfd adj
- Finnish: tunnoton adj
- Greek: μουδιασμένος adj μουδιασμένη
- Italian: insensibile adj
- Japanese: 感覚のない no_posp
- Korean: 저린 adj
- Norwegian: nummen adj
- Polish: zdrętwiały adj zdrętwiała
- Brazilian Portuguese: dormente adj
- European Spanish:
entumecido
adj entumecida
- Swedish: domnad adj domnat
- Thai: ชา adj
- Turkish: uyuşuk adj
- Vietnamese: tê adj
Usage examples
They talked on the telephone for nearly an hour, the two of them numb with loss.
, Desperadoes (1994)Monetary losses apart, Delhiites have been rendered numb by a fear psychosis.
India Today (1998)My ankles and toes were numb and I was cold and stiff,' Samantha said.
Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)Last night battered Wendy -who also suffered two black eyes -said: "I just feel numb with shock.
Sun, News of the World (2001)Stop exercising straight away if you get out of breath, feel dizzy, numb , experience pins and needles, pain or bleeding.
, Alternative Health Care for Women (1991)