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   numbing

   /ˈnʌmɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. depriving one of feeling or responsiveness: "the numbing effect of alcohol"

   Derivatives

   • 1. numbingly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   What does numbing mean?

   • Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. NUMBING definition: 1. present participle of numb 2. to make something or someone feel numb: . Learn more.

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   Is Numb a verb?

   • Although we do not have the verb as such anymore, its past participle is alive and well, now spelled numb, literally "taken, seized," as by cold or grief. (The older spelling without the b is still seen in the compound numskull.)

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   Does a person numb from pain?

   • She is also numbed from emotion, pain and empathy, impervious to cold, and resistant to heat in this form. They do not -- and the format's stasis is numbing. Dissociating from the painful emotion includes numbing all emotion, and the person may seem emotionally flat, preoccupied, distant, or cold.

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   Numbing is the present participle of numb, which means to make something or someone feel numb. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of numbing with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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     NUMBING meaning: 1. present participle of numb 2. to make...

   • Znaczenie Numbing, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     NUMBING definicja: 1. present participle of numb 2. to make...

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     NUMBING 의미, 정의, NUMBING의 정의: 1. present participle of numb...

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     NUMBERED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of...

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     DEAD definition: 1. not now living: 2. If a part of your...

   • Numb

     If a part of your body is numb, you are unable to feel it,...

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   Numbing is an adjective that means tending or serving to make numb or spiritless. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and phrases containing numbing from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Numbing definition: causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying. See examples of NUMBING used in a sentence.

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   Numb is an adjective that means unable to feel anything in a particular part of your body or unable to think, feel, or react normally. Numb is also a verb that means to make or become numb. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.

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   If a part of your body is numb, you are unable to feel it, usually for a short time: I was lying in a weird position and my leg went numb. My fingers were numb with cold. not able to feel any emotions or to think clearly, because you are so shocked or frightened, etc.:

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   Definitions of numbing. adjective. causing numbness or insensitivity. “the numbing effect of grief”. synonyms: desensitising, desensitizing. making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli.

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   1. Deprived of the power to feel or move normally; benumbed: toes numb with cold; too numb with fear to cry out. 2. Emotionally unresponsive; indifferent: numb to yet another appeal. tr. & intr.v. numbed, numb·ing, numbs. To make or become numb.