numb

English

Etymology

From the past participle of nim

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŭm, IPA: /nʌm/, SAMPA: /nVm/

  Rhymes: -ʌm

Adjective

numb (comparative number, superlative numbest)

1. Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.

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: 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 m., ναρκωμένη f., ναρκωμένο n. 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) 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), insensible (es), entorpecido (es) 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), вкочанясвам (bg) French: engourdir (fr), anesthésier (fr)

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