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The Britannica Dictionary numb 3 ENTRIES FOUND:

• numb (adjective)
• numb (verb)
• mind–numbing (adjective)

1 numb /ˈnʌm/ adjective 1 numb /ˈnʌm/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of NUMB [more numb; most numb] 1 : unable to feel anything in a particular part of your body because of cold, injury, etc.

• The side of my face was still numb an hour after the surgery.
• I had a numb feeling in my toes.
• It was so cold that my fingers went numb.
• A stroke can cause one side of your body to go numb.

[+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples 2 : unable to think, feel, or react normally because of something that shocks or upsets you

• Her son had died and she just felt numb.
• He stood there numb with fear/rage.

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— numbly

adverb

• They moved numbly through their routine.

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— numbness

noun [noncount]

• A stroke can cause numbness in one side of your body.

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• The patient was complaining of a numbness in her fingers.

[+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples 2 numb /ˈnʌm/ verb numbs; numbed; numbing 2 numb /ˈnʌm/ verb numbs; numbed; numbing Britannica Dictionary definition of NUMB [+ object] 1 : to cause (a part of the body) to be unable to feel anything

• The injection will numb the area to be operated on.
• The cold wind numbed my face.

[+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples 2 : to make (someone) unable to think, feel, or react normally

• She was numbed by the news of her son's death.

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— numbing

adjective [more numbing; most numbing]

• the numbing cold
• We had to sit through a numbing [=very boring] lecture.

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— numbingly

adverb

• a numbingly cold wind
• These tasks are numbingly repetitive.

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