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Definitions for Numbing

[1] causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying: the numbing effects of grief; a story repeated with numbing regularity.
[2] deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
[3] manifesting or resembling numbness: a numb sensation.
[4] incapable of action or of feeling emotion; enervated; prostrate: numb with grief.
[5] lacking or deficient in emotion or feeling; indifferent: She was numb to their pleas for mercy.
[6] to make numb.
[7] deprived of feeling through cold, shock, etc
[8] unable to move; paralysed
[9] characteristic of or resembling numbness a numb sensation
[10] to make numb; deaden, shock, or paralyse

Words related to Numbing

paralyze, stupefy, desensitize, dull, anesthetize, immobilize, benumb, blunt, frost, freeze, stun, chill, obtund

Words nearby Numbing

numberplate, numbers, numbers game, numbers pool, numbfish, numbing, numbles, numbskull, numdah, numen, numerable

Origin of Numbing

1400–50; late Middle English nome literally, taken, seized, variant of nomen, numen, Old English numen, past participle of niman to take, nim1

Other words from Numbing

numb·ing·ly , adverb
numb·ly , adverb
numb·ness , noun
half-numb , adjective
un·numbed , adjective

Word origin for Numbing

C15: nomen, literally: taken (with paralysis), from Old English niman to take; related to Old Norse nema, Old High German niman

Synonyms for Numbing

anesthetize, desensitize, dull, paralyze, stupefy, benumb, blunt, chill, freeze, frost, immobilize, obtund, stun