numb

Universal Words adjective, verb adjective 1 if a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything in it, for example because of cold: to be / go numb * numb with cold * I've just been to the dentist and my face is still numb. 2 unable to feel, think or react in the normal way: He felt numb with shock. seealsoNUMBING numbly adverb: Her life would never be the same again, she realized numbly. numbness noun [U]: pain and numbness in my fingers * He was still in a state of numbness and shock from the accident. verb 1 [VN] to make a part of your body unable to feel anything, for example because of cold: His fingers were numbed with the cold. 2 [VN] to make sb unable to feel, think or react in a normal way, for example because of an emotional shock SYNSTUN: We sat there in silence, numbed by the shock of her death.