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- Dictionarynumbing/ˈnʌmɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. depriving one of feeling or responsiveness: "the numbing effect of alcohol"
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to make something or someone feel numb: The extreme cold numbed her face and hands. The children are still numbed by their father's death. Synonyms. blunt. dull. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unable to feel anything. anaesthesia. asleep. benumbed. dead. numbingly. numbly. numbness. numbly.
Numbing definition: causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying. See examples of NUMBING used in a sentence.
The meaning of NUMBING is tending or serving to make numb or spiritless. How to use numbing in a sentence.
(of a part of the body) unable to feel anything: My fingers are so cold, they’re numb. If you are numb with a strong emotion, you are not able to feel anything else or to think clearly: At the sound of breaking glass, she went numb with fear.
to make something or someone feel numb: The extreme cold numbed her face and hands. The children are still numbed by their father's death. Synonyms. blunt. dull. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unable to feel anything. anaesthesia. anesthesia. anesthetize. asleep. benumbed. dead. numbingly. numbly. numbness.
The meaning of NUMB is unable to feel anything in a particular part of your body especially as a result of cold or anesthesia. How to use numb in a sentence.
NUMBING definition: causing numbness, esp. in feeling or in mental or emotional response | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
1. Deprived of the power to feel or move normally; benumbed: toes numb with cold; too numb with fear to cry out. 2. Emotionally unresponsive; indifferent: numb to yet another appeal. tr. & intr.v. numbed, numb·ing, numbs. To make or become numb.
adjective. causing numbness or insensitivity. “the numbing effect of grief”. synonyms: desensitising, desensitizing. making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli.
Definition of numbing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
