Thesaurus / numb
FEEDBACKHow to use numb in a sentence
Although I feel more numb than overwhelmed this year, I am grateful for the simplicity of this dish.
FIGS STUFFED WITH GOAT CHEESE ARE THE LOW-EFFORT, HIGH-FLAVOR APPETIZER YOU NEEDELLIE KRIEGERDECEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe technical distinction is mind-numbing to everyone but securities lawyers, but has some important implications.
$20,000 BITCOIN CAPS GRAYSCALE’S INCREDIBLE YEARJEFFDECEMBER 16, 2020FORTUNELast winter, JaMarcus Crews forced his feet, however numb, to walk a paved public track in the town of Centreville, Alabama, until his calves cramped and sweat bloomed across his T-shirt.
FOR YEARS, JAMARCUS CREWS TRIED TO GET A NEW KIDNEY, BUT CORPORATE HEALTHCARE STOOD IN THE WAYBY LIZZIE PRESSERDECEMBER 15, 2020PROPUBLICAThey’re exactly what I want to keep my legs from going numb while cooking dinner on late-fall camping trips.
THE HYGGE APPAREL OUR GEAR EDITORS LOVETHE EDITORSDECEMBER 8, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINETo keep the blood flow going, she releases saliva from the hypopharynx, which contains a tranquilizer to numb sensation.
EVOLUTION MADE MOSQUITOS INTO STEALTHY, SENSITIVE VAMPIRESERICA MCALISTEROCTOBER 15, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCESome people prefer to use numbing cream, but no anesthesia is required and discomfort is minor.
CAN YOU GET TOO MUCH BOTOX?BY MATTHEW J. LIN/THE CONVERSATIONOCTOBER 1, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe itching was so bad that I put ice cubes in my leggings in hopes of numbing the bites enough so I could sleep.
THE BUG BITE THING REALLY WORKSABBEY GINGRASSEPTEMBER 7, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEWhen she thought that he was there at hand, waiting for her, she grew numb with the intoxication of expectancy.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINHer soul was numb, her courage seemed dead, and little care had she in that hour of what might betide her now.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIAs they sat by the ashes, numb with the cold, all of a sudden a new warmth filled the lodge.
STORIES THE IROQUOIS TELL THEIR CHILDRENMABEL POWERSWORDS RELATED TO NUMB
- apoplectic
- at a standstill
- at rest
- becalmed
- dead
- deadlocked
- deathly
- firm
- fixed
- frozen
- halted
- immobile
- immotile
- inanimate
- inert
- lifeless
- numb
- palsied
- paralyzed
- petrified
- quiescent
- quiet
- spellbound
- stable
- stagnant
- stalled
- standing
- static
- stationary
- steadfast
- still
- stock-still
- torpid
- transfixed
- unmovable
- unmoved
- unmoving
- abash
- agitate
- anger
- antagonize
- appall
- astound
- awe
- bowl over
- daze
- disgust
- dismay
- displease
- disquiet
- disturb
- electrify
- flabbergast
- flood
- floor
- give a turn
- hit like ton of bricks
- horrify
- insult
- jar
- jolt
- knock out
- nauseate
- numb
- offend
- outrage
- overcome
- overwhelm
- paralyze
- revolt
- rock
- scandalize
- shake
- shake up
- sicken
- stagger
- startle
- stun
- stupefy
- throw a curve
- traumatize
- unsettle
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