NUMB as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make numb or insensitive
   
   Synonym(s)
   • benumb (what does benumb mean?)
   • blunt (what does blunt mean?)
   • dull (what does dull mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • The shock numbed her senses
   
   Hypernyms(s) numb is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • desensitize (what does desensitize mean?)
   • desensitise (what does desensitise mean?)

NUMB as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • so frightened as to be unable to move
   • stunned or paralyzed with terror
   
   Synonym(s)
   • petrified (what does petrified mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • petrified with fear
   • she was petrified by the eerie sound
   • too numb with fear to move
   
   Similar To
   • afraid(p) (what does afraid(p) mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lacking sensation
   
   Synonym(s)
   • asleep(p) (what does asleep(p) mean?)
   • benumbed (what does benumbed mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • my foot is asleep
   • numb with cold
   
   Similar To
   • insensible (what does insensible mean?)