What is another word for numb?
938 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ nˈʌm], [ nˈʌm], [ n_ˈʌ_m]
There are several synonyms for the word "numb" that can be used to describe the sensation of feeling without sensation. One of the most common synonyms for numb is "insensitive" which describes the lack of feeling or response to external stimuli. Another synonym for numb is "frozen" which ties into the imagery of cold, unfeeling limbs and extremities. "Unfeeling" can also be used to describe a numb state, as well as the words "deadened", "paralyzed", and "dulled". "Numb" can also be used to describe an emotional state, in which case "apathetic", "bored", "uninterested" and "detached" can be used as synonyms.
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:
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Independent
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Verb, base form
sedate.
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Verb, base form
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Adjective
impervious, indifferent, insensitive, oblivious, paralyzed, shocked, unmoved, unresponsive.
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