numbness

🇺🇸 /ˈnʌmnəs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈnʌmnəs/
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noun
R

A feeling where a part of your body doesn't feel anything, like when it's too cold.

After sitting on my hand for too long, I felt numbness in my fingers.

R

When you can't feel, think, or react like you usually do, like after a big surprise.

The news left him with a sense of numbness and disbelief.

translation

n. A feeling where a part of your body doesn't feel anything, like when it's too cold.; When you can't feel, think, or react like you usually do, like after a big surprise.

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Plural numbnesses