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1numb Listen to audio/ˈnʌm/ adjective
[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.
— numb·ly adverb
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.

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