Overview of verb numb

The verb numb has 1 sense

• numb, benumb, blunt, dull -- (make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses")

Overview of adj numb

The adj numb has 3 senses

• asleep, benumbed, numb -- (lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold")


• dead, numb -- ((followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy")


• numb -- (so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified; "too numb with fear to move")