numb

numb is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
2. adjective. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
3. transitive verb. To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
4. verb. make numb or insensitive

   "The shock numbed her senses"

   Synonyms: benumb, blunt, dull

5. adjective. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified

   "too numb with fear to move"

6. adjective. lacking sensation

   "my foot is asleep"

   "numb with cold"

   Synonyms: asleep, benumbed

7. adjective. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

   "passersby were dead to our plea for help"

   "numb to the cries for mercy"

   Synonyms: dead

Synonyms

benumb, blunt, dull, asleep, benumbed, dead

Common word forms

numbs, numbed, number, numbly, numbest, numbing, numbness

Words from these letters

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