Numb Definition

nŭm

numbed, numbest, numbing, numbs, number

adjective

numbest, number

Weakened in or deprived of the power of feeling or moving; benumbed; deadened; insensible.

Numb with cold, numb with grief.

Webster's New World

Emotionally unresponsive; indifferent.

Numb to yet another appeal.

American Heritage

Having the nature of numbness.

A numb feeling.

Webster's New World

Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.

Wiktionary

Not able to react, surprised, shocked.

Wiktionary

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verb

numbed, numbing, numbs

To make or become numb.

American Heritage

To make numb.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Numb

Base Form:

numb

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Superlative:

numbest

Middle English nome variant of nomin past participle of nimen to seize from Old English niman nem- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the past participle of nim.

From Wiktionary