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numbing
synonyms for numbing
- bitter
- bleak
- brisk
- chilled
- cool
- crisp
- frigid
- frosty
- frozen
- icy
- intense
- raw
- snowy
- wintry
- arctic
- chill
- cutting
- hyperborean
- icebox
- keen
- sharp
- Siberian
- stinging
- algid
- below freezing
- below zero
- benumbed
- biting
- blasting
- boreal
- brumal
- frore
- gelid
- glacial
- have goose bumps
- hawkish
- hiemal
- iced
- inclement
- nipping
- nippy
- numbed
- one-dog night
- penetrating
- piercing
- polar
- rimy
- severe
- shivery
- sleety
- snappy
- two-dog night
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How to use numbing in a sentence
Morgan promises his show will be a “fearless forum for lively debate” that “celebrates the right of everyone to have an opinion”—which, in this writer’s opinion, sounds mind-numbing already.
Piers Morgan Is Now an Asshole of Record-Breaking Proportions | Laura Bradley | December 20, 2021 | The Daily BeastThe refugee stories are compelling at first, but horrific details are numbing.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead, there are more numbing lists, like “If my bed could talk.”
It’s Not Just the Vaccines. Jenny McCarthy’s New Book Offers More ‘Lessons’ | Tim Teeman | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Also to blame is a press with a limited appetite for mind-numbing budgets.
Powerbroker Richard Ravitch Thinks New York Might Be Doomed | Josh Robin | April 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the arts have suffered the most from this mind-numbing approach.
Music Criticism Has Degenerated Into Lifestyle Reporting | Ted Gioia | March 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe complexities within that religious order, renowned for its scholars and loyalty to the pope, make for a numbing leitmotif.
How the Catholic Church Got in Bed with Mussolini | Jason Berry | February 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA cold, numbing sensation stole down my spine and made my legs grow suddenly weak.
Uncanny Tales | VariousWinston could scarcely grasp them, for he had lived of late in the cities, and the cold he had been sheltered from was numbing.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossHis head was throbbing, though he had touched no wine; there was a great weight in his breast, numbing, crushing.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisEre a dozen steps were retraced, she was met by the shower,—November rain, cutting and numbing as hail.
Alone | Marion HarlandHe stood among them outwardly calm and smiling, his brain fighting off the numbing, confused riot that raged within it.
The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
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