numb

numb
[[t]nʌ̱m[/t]]
numbs, numbing, numbed
1) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ If a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything there.

He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips...

My legs felt numb and my toes ached.

Derived words:
numbness N-UNCOUNT oft N in n

I have recently been suffering from pain and numbness in my hands.

2) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n If you are numb with shock, fear, or grief, you are so shocked, frightened, or upset that you cannot think clearly or feel any emotion.

The mother, numb with grief, has trouble speaking...

I was so shocked I went numb.

Derived words:
numbness N-UNCOUNT oft adj N

Many men become more aware of emotional numbness in their 40s.

numbly [[t]nʌ̱mli[/t]] ADV ADV with v

He walked numbly into the cemetery.

3) VERB If an event or experience numbs you, you can no longer think clearly or feel any emotion.
→ See also mind-numbing

[V n] For a while the shock of Philippe's letter numbed her...

[V n] The horror of my experience has numbed my senses.

Syn:
Derived words:
numbed ADJ-GRADED usu v-link ADJ

I'm so numbed with shock that I can hardly think.

...the sort of numbed hush which usually follows an automobile accident.

4) VERB If cold weather, a drug, or a blow numbs a part of your body, you can no longer feel anything in it.

[V n] The cold numbed my fingers...

[V n] An injection of local anaesthetic is usually given first to numb the area...

[V-ed] She awoke with a numbed feeling in her left leg.

Syn:

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