Words · Common
numb
/nʌm/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters
- adjective
lacking sensation
my foot is asleep
- adjective
(followed by ‘to’) not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
passersby were dead to our plea for help
- adjective
so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
too numb with fear to move
- verb
make numb or insensitive
The shock numbed her senses