[more numb; most numb] 1 : unable to feel anything in a particular part of your body because of cold, injury, etc.
▪ The side of my face was still numb an hour after the surgery. ▪ I had a numb feeling in my toes. ▪ It was so cold that my fingers went numb. ▪ A stroke can cause one side of your body to go numb. 2 : unable to think, feel, or react normally because of something that shocks or upsets you
▪ Her son had died and she just felt numb. ▪ He stood there numb with fear/rage.
▪ The side of my face was still numb an hour after the surgery. ▪ I had a numb feeling in my toes. ▪ It was so cold that my fingers went numb. ▪ A stroke can cause one side of your body to go numb.
▪ Her son had died and she just felt numb. ▪ He stood there numb with fear/rage.
— numb·ly adverb
▪ They moved numbly through their routine.
▪ They moved numbly through their routine.
— numb·ness noun
[noncount] ▪ A stroke can cause numbness in one side of your body. [singular] ▪ The patient was complaining of a numbness in her fingers.
[noncount] ▪ A stroke can cause numbness in one side of your body. [singular] ▪ The patient was complaining of a numbness in her fingers.





