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numb
(n/@/m )

adjective (a)

  • Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • lacking sensation(adj.all)
    Example:
    Numb with cold.
    Synonym:
    asleep, benumbed
    source: wordnet30
  • (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive(adj.all)
    Example:
    Numb to the cries for mercy.
    Synonym:
    dead
    source: wordnet30
  • so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified(adj.all)
    Example:
    Too numb with fear to move.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • make numb or insensitive(verb.perception)
    Example:
    The shock numbed her senses.
    Synonym:
    benumb, blunt, dull
    source: wordnet30
  • To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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