Numb
adjective
Not able to feel anything.
My feet were so cold, they felt numb.
Often appears as...
- numb with cold
- go numb
adjective
Not able to think, feel, or react normally because of something that shocks or upsets you.
The tragic news left us feeling numb.
Often appears as...
- numb with shock
- feeling numb
verb
To deprive of physical or emotional feeling.
The icy water numbed my hands.
Often appears as...
- numb the pain
- numb sensation
adjective
Not able to feel anything.
My feet were so cold, they felt numb.
Often appears as...
- numb with cold
- go numb
adjective
Not able to think, feel, or react normally because of something that shocks or upsets you.
The tragic news left us feeling numb.
Often appears as...
- numb with shock
- feeling numb
verb
To deprive of physical or emotional feeling.
The icy water numbed my hands.
Often appears as...
- numb the pain
- numb sensation
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Sensation Loss
Use 'numb' to describe losing the sense of touch, often from cold or staying still too long.
After holding ice, her hand went completely numb.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Condition
'Numb' usually means the loss of feeling is not permanent, often expected to return.
Her numb fingers regained feeling after warming up.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'numb' is used in a metaphorical sense to describe lack of activity or dullness.
The town was numb with silence that night.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Sensation Loss
Use 'numb' to describe losing the sense of touch, often from cold or staying still too long.
After holding ice, her hand went completely numb.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Condition
'Numb' usually means the loss of feeling is not permanent, often expected to return.
Her numb fingers regained feeling after warming up.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'numb' is used in a metaphorical sense to describe lack of activity or dullness.
The town was numb with silence that night.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Sensation Loss
Use 'numb' to describe losing the sense of touch, often from cold or staying still too long.
After holding ice, her hand went completely numb.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Condition
'Numb' usually means the loss of feeling is not permanent, often expected to return.
Her numb fingers regained feeling after warming up.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'numb' is used in a metaphorical sense to describe lack of activity or dullness.
The town was numb with silence that night.
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Is the world getting...
Saving the lives of billions, eradicating disease, feeding the hungry, teaching kids to read? Boring. At the same time, the most common response I have received from readers is gratitude, gratitude for changing their view of the world from a numb and helpless fatalism to something more constructive,
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The power of vulnerabilit...
waiting for the doctor to call back; getting laid off; laying off people. This is the world we live in. We live in a vulnerable world. And one of the ways we deal with it is we numb vulnerability. And I think there's evidence -- and it's not the only reason this evidence exists,
Video examples
The power of vulnerabilit...
doctor to call back getting laid off laying off people this is the world we live in we live in a vulnerable world and one of the ways we deal with it is we numb vulnerability and I think there's evidence it's not the only reason this evidence exists but I think
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The brain in love PIPE...
I remember what you said to me. I am thinking of your love for me. I am torn by your love for me. Pain and more pain -- where are you going with my love? I am told you will go from here. I am told you will leave me here. My body is numb with grief.
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Becoming the CEO of...
throughout my body and the feeling of numbness overtook my lower half and as my friends ran over after I screamed out of shock I finally got to ask them where was my snowboard my friends looked at me and collectively said it's on your feet
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The gift and power of...
trying to raise three children, and the creditors were knocking. We felt, as a family, financially and emotionally ravaged. And I began to spiral down, isolated, fast. I started to use food to numb my pain. Binging and purging.
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Cats vs. Gravity PIPE...
Dave he forgot about the window a numb bum is no fun it's time mr. waffles found somewhere warmer to sit mr. waffles didn't figure on the importance of friction when attempting to lift off although he was hoping to jump up by
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The beauty of being a...
trying to convince me I had a book in me about my life as a swimmer. You know, like a memoir. The whole time he was talking to me, I sat there smiling and nodding like a numb idiot, with my arms crossed over my chest,
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Filming Antarctica's...
you go down there you sort of feel it numb your face and sting your face it takes your breath away but also the knowledge there is this immense plate that goes on forever and ever and ever of
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My Daughter, Malala PIPE...
"I'm fine with my crooked smile and with my numbness in my face. I'll be okay. Please don't worry." She was a solace for us, and she consoled us. Dear brothers and sisters,
Video examples
Is the world getting...
Saving the lives of billions, eradicating disease, feeding the hungry, teaching kids to read? Boring. At the same time, the most common response I have received from readers is gratitude, gratitude for changing their view of the world from a numb and helpless fatalism to something more constructive,
Video examples
The power of vulnerabilit...
waiting for the doctor to call back; getting laid off; laying off people. This is the world we live in. We live in a vulnerable world. And one of the ways we deal with it is we numb vulnerability. And I think there's evidence -- and it's not the only reason this evidence exists,
Video examples
The power of vulnerabilit...
doctor to call back getting laid off laying off people this is the world we live in we live in a vulnerable world and one of the ways we deal with it is we numb vulnerability and I think there's evidence it's not the only reason this evidence exists but I think
Video examples
The brain in love PIPE...
I remember what you said to me. I am thinking of your love for me. I am torn by your love for me. Pain and more pain -- where are you going with my love? I am told you will go from here. I am told you will leave me here. My body is numb with grief.
Video examples
Becoming the CEO of...
throughout my body and the feeling of numbness overtook my lower half and as my friends ran over after I screamed out of shock I finally got to ask them where was my snowboard my friends looked at me and collectively said it's on your feet
Video examples
The gift and power of...
trying to raise three children, and the creditors were knocking. We felt, as a family, financially and emotionally ravaged. And I began to spiral down, isolated, fast. I started to use food to numb my pain. Binging and purging.
Video examples
Cats vs. Gravity PIPE...
Dave he forgot about the window a numb bum is no fun it's time mr. waffles found somewhere warmer to sit mr. waffles didn't figure on the importance of friction when attempting to lift off although he was hoping to jump up by
Video examples
The beauty of being a...
trying to convince me I had a book in me about my life as a swimmer. You know, like a memoir. The whole time he was talking to me, I sat there smiling and nodding like a numb idiot, with my arms crossed over my chest,
Video examples
Filming Antarctica's...
you go down there you sort of feel it numb your face and sting your face it takes your breath away but also the knowledge there is this immense plate that goes on forever and ever and ever of
Video examples
My Daughter, Malala PIPE...
"I'm fine with my crooked smile and with my numbness in my face. I'll be okay. Please don't worry." She was a solace for us, and she consoled us. Dear brothers and sisters,
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Quote examples
Romesh Gunesekera
Sri Lankan Author
It seems to me that we live in dangerous times all over the world: we have the technology to remember everything but a desire to forget the troubling and to seek the safety of numbness. Fiction can do something about that.
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Caroline Flack
English Celebrity
Anti-depressants helped me get up in the morning and stopped me from being sad, but what they also do is stop you from being happy. So I was just in this numb state. I stopped laughing at jokes, and that's just not me.
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Scott Steiner
American Wrestler
You travel around the world, once you travel around a few times, you're kind of numb to the fact of what you've accomplished until years later.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.
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Zawe Ashton
English Actress
My real life memory of leaving Uni is an overwhelming excitement to be going home but also a weird numbness.
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Brene Brown
American Author
We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.
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J. K. Simmons
American Actor
There's a kind of numbness, a sameness, a lack of motivation in 'good job' culture.
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YG
American Musician
My heart is numb. It's not broke, it's numb. It's numb because of hard situations.
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Teresa Giudice
American Celebrity
You can only get hurt so much before you get numb.
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Kay Kay Menon
Indian Actor
In real life, I don't cry too easily. I go numb.
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Romesh Gunesekera
Sri Lankan Author
It seems to me that we live in dangerous times all over the world: we have the technology to remember everything but a desire to forget the troubling and to seek the safety of numbness. Fiction can do something about that.
Quote examples
Caroline Flack
English Celebrity
Anti-depressants helped me get up in the morning and stopped me from being sad, but what they also do is stop you from being happy. So I was just in this numb state. I stopped laughing at jokes, and that's just not me.
Quote examples
Scott Steiner
American Wrestler
You travel around the world, once you travel around a few times, you're kind of numb to the fact of what you've accomplished until years later.
Quote examples
Josh Billings
American Comedian
Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.
Quote examples
Zawe Ashton
English Actress
My real life memory of leaving Uni is an overwhelming excitement to be going home but also a weird numbness.
Quote examples
Brene Brown
American Author
We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.
Quote examples
J. K. Simmons
American Actor
There's a kind of numbness, a sameness, a lack of motivation in 'good job' culture.
Quote examples
YG
American Musician
My heart is numb. It's not broke, it's numb. It's numb because of hard situations.
Quote examples
Teresa Giudice
American Celebrity
You can only get hurt so much before you get numb.
Quote examples
Kay Kay Menon
Indian Actor
In real life, I don't cry too easily. I go numb.
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