1. (

• numb ,
• benumb ,
• blunt ,
• dull ,

) make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" ;

1. (

• asleep ,
• benumbed ,
• numb

) lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" ;

2. (

• dead ,
• numb

) (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy" ;

3. (

• numb

) so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified; "too numb with fear to move" ;