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Webster 1913 Edition

Numb

(nŭm)

Adj.

[OE.

nume

nome

, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of

nimen

to take, AS.

niman

, p. p.

numen

. √7. See

Nimble

Nomad

, and cf.

Benumb

Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible;

as, the fingers or limbs are

numb

with cold

“A stony image, cold and numb.”

Shak.

Producing numbness; benumbing;

as, the

numb

, cold night

[Obs.]

Shak.

Numb

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Numbed

(nŭmd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Numbing

(nŭm′ĭng)

To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.

For lazy winter

numbs

the laboring hand.

Dryden.

Like dull narcotics,

numbing

pain.

Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Numb

NUMB

Adj.

Torpid; destitute of the power of sensation and motion; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.

Producing numbness; benumbing; as the numb cold night. [Not used nor proper.]

NUMB

Verb.

To make torpid; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.

For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand.

And numbing coldness has embraced the ear.

Definition 2024

numb

English

Adjective

numb ‎(comparative number, superlative numbest)

Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
Not able to react, surprised, shocked.
Causing numbness.
- Shakespeare
  All thin and naked to the numb cold night.

Antonyms

sensible, sensitive

Derived terms

Related terms

numskull

Translations

without the power of sensation

Arabic: خَدِر ‎(ḵadir)
Armenian: թմրած (hy) ‎(tʿmrac), անզգա (hy) ‎(anzga), ընդարմացած ‎(əndarmacʿac)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 麻木 (zh) ‎(mámù)
Czech: necitlivý
Dutch: verdoofd (nl), bewusteloos (nl), verstijfd (nl), verkleumd (nl)
Esperanto: sensenta
Finnish: puutunut (fi), tunnoton (fi)
French: gourd (fr), engourdi (fr)
Georgian: გაშეშებული ‎(gašešebuli), გაფიჩხებული ‎(gapičxebuli)
German: taub (de), benommen (de), betäubt (de), gefühllos, starr (de)
Greek: ναρκωμένος (el) ‎(narkoménos)
Hebrew: רדום m ‎(radúm) (slang), רדומה f ‎(redumá) (slang), נרדם m ‎(nirdám) (slang), נרדמה f ‎(nirdemá) (slang)
Hungarian: dermedt (hu), zsibbadt (hu), meggémberedett, kábult (hu), eltompult (hu)
Italian: intorpidito (it) m, intorpidita (it) f
Japanese: 無感覚な ‎(mukankaku na)
Khmer: ស្រយង់ (km) ‎(srɑyɑŋ), ស្គឹះ (km) ‎(skɨh), សំទក់ (km) ‎(sɑmtʊək)
Korean: 마비되는 ‎(mabidoeneun)
Latin: torpēns

Latvian: nejutīgs, stings, stīvs
Lithuanian:
Maori: kōpā, matangerengere, matangurunguru, kerekerewai, kēkerewai, matakerekere, pōpokorua (with cold and wet conditions)
Mongolian:
Norman: gourd
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nummen
Persian: بیحس (fa), کرخ (fa) ‎(kerex)
Polish: odrętwiały m
Portuguese: entorpecido m, entorpecida f
Romanian: amorțit (ro) m, n, amorțită f
Russian: онеме́лый (ru) ‎(onemélyj)
Spanish: entumecido (es), entumido (es) (by cold), insensible (es), entorpecido (es), dormido (es) (by lack of blood circulation), adormecido (es) (by drugs)
Swahili:
Swedish: nummen, valen (sv), domnad (sv)
Thai: ชา (th) ‎(chaa)
Turkish: uyuşuk (tr)
Vietnamese: tê (vi)

not able to react

Finnish: lamaantunut

Verb

numb ‎(third-person singular simple present numbs, present participle numbing, simple past and past participle numbed)

(transitive) To cause to become numb.
The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness.

Synonyms

benumb

Translations

to cause to become numb

Bulgarian: вцепенявам (bg) ‎(vcepenjavam), вкочанясвам (bg) ‎(vkočanjasvam)
Dutch: verdoven (nl), in slaap doen
Finnish: puuduttaa (fi), turruttaa (fi)

French: engourdir (fr), endormir (fr), anesthésier (fr)
German: betäuben (de)
Romanian: amorți (ro)

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