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1. Lacking sensation
   "numb with cold";
   - asleep, benumbed
    
2. (followed by 'to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
   "numb to the cries for mercy";
   - dead
    
3. So frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralysed with terror; petrified
   "too numb with fear to move"

1. Make numb or insensitive
   "The shock numbed her senses";
   - benumb, blunt, dull

Derived forms: numbed, number, numbest, numbs, numbing

See also: afraid, 'fraid [non-standard], insensible, insensitive

Type of: desensitise [Brit], desensitize

Encyclopedia: Numb