numb

English

Etymology

From the past participle of nim

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŭm, IPA: /nʌm/, X-SAMPA: /nVm/
• Rhymes: -ʌm

Adjective

numb (comparative number, superlative numbest)

1. Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
2. Not able to react, surprised, shocked

Antonyms

• sensible, sensitive

Derived terms

• benumb
• numbly
• numbness
• numbnuts

Related terms

• numskull

Translations

without the power of sensation

• Arabic: خدر (xádir)
• Armenian: թմրած (hy) (t'mraç), անզգա (hy) (anzga), ընդարմացած (hy) (ëndarmac'aç)
• Chinese: 麻木 (mámù)
• Dutch: verdoofd (nl), bewusteloos (nl), verstijfd (nl), verkleumd (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: puutunut, tunnoton
• French: gourd (fr), engourdi (fr)
• Georgian: გაშეშებული (ka) (gašešebuli) გაფიჩხებული (ka) (gap‘ičxebuli)
• German: taub, benommen, betäubt, gefühllos, starr, taub (de) n
• Greek: ναρκωμένος
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: dermedt (hu), zsibbadt (hu), meggémberedett (hu), kábult (hu), eltompult (hu)
• Italian: intorpidito (it) m, intorpidita (it) f
• Japanese: 無感覚な (mukankaku na)
• Jèrriais: gourd
• Korean: 마비되는 (mabidoeneun)

• Latin: torpēns (la)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nummen (no)

• Persian: بیحس (fa)
• Portuguese: entorpecido (pt) m, entorpecida (pt) f
• Romanian: amorțit (ro) m and n, amorțită f
• Russian: онемелый (ru) (onemélyj)
• Spanish: entumecido (es), entumido (es) (by cold), insensible (es), entorpecido (es), dormido (es) m (by lack of blood circulation), adormecido (es) (by drugs)
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: nummen (sv), valen (sv), domnad (sv)
• Thai: ชา (chaa)
• Turkish: uyuşuk (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

numb (third-person singular simple present numbs, present participle numbing, simple past and past participle numbed)

1. (transitive) To cause to become numb.

   The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness.

Synonyms

• benumb

Translations

to cause to become numb

• Bulgarian: вцепенявам (bg) (vcepenjavam), вкочанясвам (bg) (vkočanjasvam)
• Dutch: verdoven (nl), in slaap doen (nl)
• Finnish: puuduttaa (fi), turruttaa (fi)
• French: engourdir (fr), anesthésier (fr)

• German: betäuben (de)
• Romanian: amorți (ro)