a. | 1. | |
1. | Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; | |
2. | Producing numbness; benumbing; | |
v. t. | 1. | To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. |
Verb | 1. | numb - make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" |
Adj. | 1. | numb - lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" |
2. | numb - (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy" Synonyms: dead | |
3. | numb - so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move" Synonyms: petrified |