- 1numb something to make a part of your body unable to feel anything, for example because of cold His fingers were numbed with the cold.
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- 2numb somebody to make someone unable to feel, think, or react in a normal way, for example because of an emotional shock synonym stun We sat there in silence, numbed by the shock of her death.
numb
verbNAmE//nʌm//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they numb he / she / it numbs
past simple numbed
-ing form numbing
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