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.
Part of speech: 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.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is numb a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, numb is tagged as adjective.
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