numb
🇺🇸
/nʌm/
🇬🇧
/nʌm/
adjective
R
Not able to feel anything in a body part, often because of cold.
After sitting in the cold, my toes were numb and I couldn't feel them.
R
Unable to feel, think, or react normally, usually because of shock.
The bad news left her numb and unable to speak.
verb
R
To make a body part unable to feel anything, often because of cold.
The freezing water will numb your hands if you don't wear gloves.
R
To make someone unable to feel, think, or react normally, often because of emotional shock.
The tragic event seemed to numb his emotions for weeks.
translation
Not able to feel anything in a body part, often because of cold.; Unable to feel, think, or react normally, usually because of shock.
To make a body part unable to feel anything, often because of cold.; To make someone unable to feel, think, or react normally, often because of emotional shock.
Word Forms
3rd Present
numbs
Progressive
numbing
Past
numbed
Perfect
numbed
Comparative
number
Superlative
numbest