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numbed

 

Definitions from WordNet

Verb numb has 1 sense
  1. numb, benumb, blunt, dull - make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
    --1 is one way to desensitize, desensitise
    Sample sentences:
    The bad news will numb him
    The performance is likely to numb Sue

Definitions from the Web

Numbed

Definition:

Adjective:

1. Deprived of physical or emotional sensation; lacking feeling or responsiveness.

2. Rendered unable to feel or think adequately due to extreme shock, grief, or distress.

Verb:

1. Past tense and past participle of numb. To deprive or cause to lose physical or emotional sensation.

Example Sentences:

Adjective:

  1. After sitting in the freezing cold for hours, her fingers were numbed and almost purple.
  2. The shocking news left him completely numbed, unable to process what had just happened.

Verb:

  1. The ice-cold water numbed his skin.
  2. The tragic loss of her family numbed her mind with sorrow.

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