What is another word for numb?
Pronunciation:
[ nˈʌm], [ nˈʌm], [ n_ˈʌ_m]
Synonyms for Numb:
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adj.
• dead • frightened- Butterflies ,
- Chicken-hearted ,
- having kittens ,
- in a cold sweat ,
- in a panic ,
- jellyfish ,
- pushing the panic button ,
- rabbity ,
- running scared ,
- scared stiff ,
- terror-stricken ,
- have cold feet ,
- in a sweat ,
- unnerved .
- aloof ,
- apathetic ,
- callous ,
- cold-blooded ,
- cool ,
- detached ,
- dispassionate ,
- emotionless ,
- hard ,
- hard-boiled ,
- hardened ,
- hardhearted ,
- heartless ,
- indifferent ,
- insensitive ,
- nonchalant ,
- objective ,
- passionless ,
- passive ,
- ruthless ,
- stony ,
- tough ,
- uncompassionate ,
- unconcerned ,
- unemotional ,
- unfeeling ,
- unsympathetic .
- blacked out ,
- comatose ,
- faint ,
- insentient ,
- narcotic ,
- oblivious ,
- senseless ,
- soporific ,
- swooning ,
- trance-like ,
- unconscious ,
- unperceptive .
- calm ,
- composed ,
- controlled ,
- deadpan ,
- demure ,
- easygoing ,
- even-tempered ,
- frigid ,
- impassive ,
- imperturbable ,
- inscrutable ,
- level-headed ,
- meek ,
- mild ,
- moderate ,
- neutral ,
- placid ,
- poker-faced ,
- reserved ,
- self-composed ,
- self-controlled ,
- serene ,
- staid ,
- steady ,
- stoic ,
- stoical ,
- stolid ,
- tranquil ,
- unexcitable ,
- unflappable ,
- unhurried .
- numb .
- ice cold ,
- ice covered ,
- icecold ,
- icecovered ,
- more antarctic ,
- more chilled ,
- more frosted ,
- more ice covered ,
- more ice-covered ,
- more icebound ,
- more icecovered ,
- more iced ,
- more siberian ,
- most antarctic ,
- most chilled ,
- most frosted ,
- most ice covered ,
- most ice-covered ,
- most icebound ,
- most icecovered ,
- most iced ,
- most siberian .
- Imperceivable ,
- gradual ,
- in sensible ,
- in-sensible ,
- more imperceivable ,
- more unimpressible ,
- most imperceivable ,
- most unimpressible ,
- un impressible ,
- un susceptible ,
- un-impressible ,
- un-intelligible ,
- un-susceptible .
- in capacitated ,
- in-capacitated ,
- more diplegic ,
- more immobilized ,
- more palsified ,
- more paraplegic ,
- more quadriplegic ,
- most diplegic ,
- most immobilized ,
- most palsified ,
- most paraplegic ,
- most quadriplegic ,
- palsified .
- be wildered ,
- be-wildered ,
- more amazed ,
- more astonished ,
- more astounded ,
- more flabbergasted ,
- more floored ,
- most amazed ,
- most astonished ,
- most astounded ,
- most flabbergasted ,
- most floored ,
- over whelmed ,
- over-whelmed ,
- sur prised ,
- sur-prised .
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v.
• benumb • blunt- Obtunded ,
- Obtunding ,
- obtunds ,
- take edge off ,
- takes edge off ,
- takes the edge off ,
- taking edge off ,
- taking the edge off ,
- took edge off ,
- took the edge off ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining .
- be fog ,
- be fogged ,
- be fogging ,
- be fogs ,
- be fuddle ,
- be fuddled ,
- be fuddles ,
- be fuddling ,
- be wilder ,
- be wildering ,
- be wilders ,
- be-fog ,
- be-fogged ,
- be-fogging ,
- be-fogs ,
- be-fuddle ,
- be-fuddled ,
- be-fuddles ,
- be-fuddling ,
- be-wilder ,
- be-wildering ,
- be-wilders ,
- dis order ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis ordering ,
- dis orders ,
- dis tract ,
- dis tracts ,
- dis-order ,
- dis-ordered ,
- dis-ordering ,
- dis-orders ,
- dis-tract ,
- dis-tracts ,
- over power ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-powers ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- sur prise ,
- sur prises ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prise ,
- sur-prises ,
- sur-prising .
- de sensitize ,
- de sensitized ,
- de sensitizes ,
- de sensitizing ,
- de-sensitize ,
- de-sensitized ,
- de-sensitizes ,
- de-sensitizing ,
- made inactive ,
- made less sensitive ,
- makes inactive ,
- makes less sensitive ,
- making inactive ,
- making less sensitive ,
- rendered insensible ,
- rendering insensible ,
- renders insensible .
- Climatizing ,
- callusses ,
- case harden ,
- case hardened ,
- case hardening ,
- case hardens ,
- case-hardens ,
- casehardens ,
- climatizes ,
- co arsen ,
- co-arsen ,
- made callous ,
- makes callous ,
- making callous ,
- rendered insensitive ,
- rendering insensitive ,
- renders insensitive .
- catches up ,
- catching up ,
- ensorcells ,
- held spellbound ,
- holding spellbound ,
- holds spellbound ,
- rendered unconscious ,
- rendering unconscious ,
- renders unconscious .
- be muse ,
- be mused ,
- be musing ,
- be-muse ,
- be-mused ,
- be-musing ,
- bring grinding halt ,
- bringing grinding halt ,
- bringing to grinding halt ,
- brings grinding halt ,
- brings to grinding halt ,
- brought grinding halt ,
- brought to grinding halt ,
- dis armed ,
- dis arming ,
- dis arms ,
- dis-armed ,
- dis-arming ,
- dis-arms ,
- made inert ,
- made nerveless ,
- makes inert ,
- makes nerveless ,
- making inert ,
- making nerveless ,
- stopped dead ,
- stopping dead ,
- stops dead ,
- stopt dead ,
- trans fix ,
- trans fixes ,
- trans fixing ,
- trans fixt ,
- trans-fix ,
- trans-fixes ,
- trans-fixing ,
- trans-fixt .
- dis may ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays ,
- puts chill on ,
- putting chill on ,
- scares silly ,
- scaring silly ,
- scaring stiff .
- dis gust ,
- dis gusted ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis gusts ,
- dis please ,
- dis pleased ,
- dis pleases ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis-gust ,
- dis-gusted ,
- dis-gusting ,
- dis-gusts ,
- dis-please ,
- dis-pleased ,
- dis-pleases ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-quieting ,
- dis-quiets ,
- gave a turn ,
- gave turn ,
- give turn ,
- gives a turn ,
- gives turn ,
- giving a turn ,
- giving turn ,
- hit like ton bricks ,
- hits like ton bricks ,
- hits like ton of bricks ,
- hitting like ton bricks ,
- hitting like ton of bricks ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- re volt ,
- re volts ,
- re-volt ,
- re-volts ,
- threw a curve ,
- threw curve ,
- throw curve ,
- throwing a curve ,
- throwing curve ,
- throws a curve ,
- throws curve ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settling .
Other synonyms:
- comfortable ,
- harden ,
- relieve ,
- stun .
- ease .
- light .
Other relevant words:
- Befogging ,
- Besotting ,
- Chloroformed ,
- Chloroforming ,
- DAMPS ,
- Damped ,
- Damping ,
- Dizzied ,
- Dulling ,
- Fuddling ,
- Gassed ,
- Lamed ,
- Lames ,
- Laming ,
- Palsies ,
- Palsying ,
- anesthetize ,
- anesthetizes ,
- anesthetizing ,
- befog ,
- befogged ,
- befogs ,
- benumb ,
- besot ,
- besots ,
- blinded ,
- blinding ,
- blunt ,
- bring to grinding halt ,
- daze ,
- deaden ,
- dizzies ,
- drug ,
- dulls ,
- etherize ,
- exhaust ,
- fuddle ,
- fuddled ,
- fuddles ,
- gassing ,
- give a turn ,
- hit like ton of bricks ,
- kos ,
- make inactive ,
- make inert ,
- make less sensitive ,
- make nerveless ,
- mystified ,
- mystify ,
- palsy ,
- paralyze ,
- put chill on ,
- put out of order ,
- put to sleep ,
- puts to sleep ,
- putting to sleep ,
- quieten ,
- quietened ,
- render insensible ,
- scare silly ,
- scare stiff ,
- scared silly ,
- scares stiff ,
- shock ,
- stop dead ,
- stupefy ,
- throw a curve ,
- tire .
- Poisoned ,
- dope up ,
- dose up ,
- dosed ,
- dosing ,
- drugged ,
- medicate ,
- narcotize ,
- physic ,
- relaxes ,
- sedated ,
- sedates ,
- sedating .
- Caseharden ,
- Casehardened ,
- Casehardening ,
- Climatize ,
- Climatized ,
- Disciplining ,
- Roughening ,
- calloused ,
- callouses ,
- callousing ,
- callus ,
- callused ,
- calluses ,
- callusing ,
- case-harden ,
- case-hardened ,
- case-hardening ,
- coarsen ,
- coarsened ,
- coarsening ,
- coarsens ,
- disciplined ,
- embitter ,
- make callous ,
- render insensitive ,
- roughen ,
- roughened ,
- roughens .
- catch up ,
- caught up ,
- ensorcell ,
- ensorcelled ,
- ensorcelling ,
- hold spellbound ,
- mesmerize ,
- render unconscious .
- Brutify ,
- Dumfound ,
- Frost-bitten ,
- Impassible ,
- Imperceptive ,
- Impercipient ,
- Numbed ,
- Obtundent ,
- Open-mouthed ,
- Pluckless ,
- Pooped ,
- Punchy ,
- Reeling ,
- Staggered ,
- Stagnating ,
- Steeled ,
- Stultified ,
- Stupe ,
- abate ,
- absolutely ,
- addled ,
- affectless ,
- afraid ,
- aghast ,
- all tingly ,
- allay ,
- amazed ,
- anaesthesia ,
- anaesthetic ,
- anaesthetised ,
- anaesthetize ,
- anaesthetized ,
- anesthetic ,
- apathy ,
- appal ,
- apparently ,
- appease ,
- artlessly ,
- asleep ,
- astonish ,
- astonished ,
- astound ,
- astounded ,
- awed ,
- awestruck ,
- baffled ,
- bedaze ,
- befuddled ,
- bemuse ,
- benumbed ,
- bewildered ,
- bite ,
- blah ,
- blase ,
- bluntly ,
- bored ,
- bother ,
- bowl over ,
- bowled over ,
- brutalise ,
- brutalize ,
- casual ,
- catatonic ,
- cauterize ,
- certainly ,
- chill ,
- chilled ,
- chloroform ,
- cleanly ,
- clearly ,
- cloth ,
- cold ,
- coldcock ,
- completely ,
- confounded ,
- confused ,
- cushion ,
- cut ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- deadness ,
- debilitated ,
- deceased ,
- defunct ,
- departed ,
- desensitise ,
- desensitised ,
- diametrically ,
- diminish ,
- directly ,
- discharged ,
- discompose ,
- disgust ,
- disinterested ,
- disquiet ,
- distinctly ,
- disturb ,
- dope ,
- dopey ,
- dormant ,
- drained ,
- droopy ,
- dulled ,
- dullness ,
- dumbfound ,
- easily ,
- enervated ,
- entirely ,
- evidently ,
- exactly ,
- exanimate ,
- expressionless ,
- fairly ,
- fallen ,
- flabbergast ,
- flabbergasted ,
- flatly ,
- flax ,
- floored ,
- foment ,
- foolishly ,
- frankly ,
- freely ,
- frighten ,
- frost ,
- frostbite ,
- frozen ,
- fully ,
- go through ,
- gone ,
- groggy ,
- heavy ,
- hebetudinous ,
- hemp ,
- honestly ,
- hopeless ,
- horrify ,
- idle ,
- immobilize ,
- immobilized ,
- impalpable ,
- impervious ,
- in a stupor ,
- inactive ,
- inactivity ,
- inanimate ,
- incurious ,
- indifference ,
- inert ,
- insensibility ,
- insouciant ,
- instantly ,
- intangible ,
- inured ,
- jaded ,
- jar ,
- jolt ,
- just ,
- just now ,
- jute ,
- kayo ,
- knock senseless ,
- knock unconscious ,
- knocked out ,
- lackadaisical ,
- languid ,
- languorous ,
- lassitude ,
- lay ,
- lay out ,
- leaden ,
- leprosy ,
- lessen ,
- lethargic ,
- lethargy ,
- lifeless ,
- lightly ,
- linen ,
- listless ,
- loosely ,
- lukewarm ,
- lull ,
- lumpish ,
- manifestly ,
- measles ,
- merely ,
- mineralized ,
- mitigate ,
- mollify ,
- moribund ,
- motionless ,
- muddled ,
- muffle ,
- mull ,
- mute ,
- muzzy ,
- nauseate ,
- nip ,
- nonliving ,
- nonplussed ,
- numbness ,
- obdurate ,
- obtuse ,
- obviously ,
- openly ,
- out ,
- out cold ,
- out of it ,
- outrage ,
- pachydermatous ,
- pad ,
- pall ,
- palsied ,
- paralyse ,
- paralysed ,
- paralysis ,
- paralytic ,
- paralyzed ,
- penetrate ,
- perfectly ,
- perturb ,
- petrified ,
- phlegmatic ,
- pierce ,
- pins and needles ,
- plainly ,
- plant fiber ,
- poison ,
- positively ,
- poultice ,
- pour oil on ,
- proof ,
- punch-drunk ,
- put under ,
- puzzled ,
- quite ,
- ramie ,
- reduce ,
- refrigerate ,
- remote ,
- repel ,
- resigned ,
- revolt ,
- rigid ,
- rope ,
- salve ,
- sated ,
- scare ,
- sedate ,
- sensationless ,
- sesame ,
- shake ,
- shaky ,
- shivering ,
- shocked ,
- sicken ,
- simply ,
- sincerely ,
- slack ,
- slacken ,
- slake ,
- sleepy ,
- slow ,
- sluggish ,
- soften ,
- somnolent ,
- speechless ,
- spiritless ,
- stagger ,
- staggering ,
- stagnant ,
- startle ,
- stiffen ,
- stifle ,
- stock-still ,
- straighten ,
- straightforwardly ,
- straightness ,
- struck dumb ,
- stunned ,
- stupefaction ,
- stupor ,
- subdue ,
- supine ,
- surprise ,
- symptom ,
- taken aback ,
- terrify ,
- thick-skinned ,
- thick-witted ,
- thoroughly ,
- throw ,
- thunderstruck ,
- tone down ,
- torpor ,
- totally ,
- toughened ,
- traumatize ,
- uncaring ,
- unceremoniously ,
- uncurious ,
- undisguisedly ,
- unfelt ,
- uninterested ,
- unreservedly ,
- unsettle ,
- unsteady ,
- unsusceptible ,
- unwisely ,
- unwitting ,
- upset ,
- vegetable ,
- vegetative ,
- vote ,
- wan ,
- weak ,
- weak-kneed ,
- weary ,
- withdrawn ,
- wobbly ,
- woozy ,
- world-weary .
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How to use "Numb" in context?
What is numbness?
Numbness is a feeling of partial or total loss of feeling in the body. It can be caused by injury or illness.
What are the causes of numbness?
Numbness can be caused by a number of different things, including:
Injury: Numbness can be the result of a mild or serious injury.
Numbness can be the result of a mild or serious injury.
Paraphrases for Numb:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Independent
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Verb, base form
sedate.
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Verb, base form
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Other Related
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Adjective
impervious, indifferent, insensitive, oblivious, paralyzed, shocked, unmoved, unresponsive.
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Adjective
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