Numb

Adjective

 * 1) Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.

Derived terms

 * benumb
 * numbly
 * numbness
 * numbnuts

Related terms

 * numskull

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to become numb.
 * The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness.

Synonyms

 * benumb

Adverbs for Numb
alarmingly; completely; fortunately; blessedly; mercifully; unaccountably; suddenly; occasionally; apathetically; appallingly; surprisingly; pathetically; pitiably; strangely; curiously; oddly; remarkably; inertly; unconcernedly; callously; portentously; ominously; heartlessly,

Thesaurus
KO, Laodicean, Olympian, abate, allay, alleviate, aloof, anesthetize, anesthetized, apathetic, appease, asleep, assuage, bedaze, benumb, benumbed, besot, bite, blah, blase, blunt, bored, callous, casual, chill, chloroform, coldcock, comatose, cushion, cut, dead, deaden, deaden the pain, deadened, debilitated, desensitize, desensitized, detached, diminish, disinterested, dope, dopey, dormant, droopy, drug, drugged, dull, ease, ease matters, enervated, etherize, exanimate, foment, freeze, frost, frostbite, give relief, go through, heartless, heavy, hebetudinous, hopeless, immobilize, impassible, imperceptive, impercipient, in a stupor, inanimate, incurious, indifferent, inert, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, insouciant, jaded, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lay, lay out, leaden, lessen, lethargic, lifeless, listless, lull, lumpish, mitigate, mollify, moribund, mull, narcotize, nip, nonchalant, numbed, obdurate, obtund, obtuse, pad, palliate, palsy, paralyze, passive, penetrate, phlegmatic, pierce, pluckless, pooped, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, put to sleep, reduce, refrigerate, relieve, remote, resigned, salve, sated, senseless, slack, slacken, slake, sleepy, slow, sluggish, soften, somnolent, soothe, soporific, spiritless, spunkless, stagnant, stagnating, stoic, stultified, stun, stupe, stupefied, stupefy, subdue, supine, thick-skinned, thick-witted, torpid, uncaring, unconcerned, unconscious, unfeeling, unfelt, uninterested, unperceptive, vegetable, vegetative, wan, weary, withdrawn, world-weary

Etymology
From the past participle of nim

Adjective

 * Arabic: (xádir)
 * Armenian: թմրած, անզգա, ընդարմացած
 * Chinese: 麻木 (mámù)
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish: tunnoton
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: გაშეშებული გაფიჩხებული
 * German: taub, benommen, betäubt, gefühllos, starr
 * Greek: ναρκωμένος, ναρκωμένη , ναρκωμένο
 * Hungarian: dermedt,, meggémberedett, kábult, eltompult
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: な (mukankaku na)
 * Korean: 마비되는 (mabidoeneun)
 * Latin: torpens
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:


 * Persian: بیحس
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, amorţită
 * Russian: онемелый
 * Spanish: entumecido, entumido,
 * Swedish: nummen, valen, domnad
 * Thai: (chaa)
 * Turkish: uyuşuk

Verb

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * French: engourdir


 * Romanian: amorţi