numb

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. unfeeling, deadened, frozen, benumbed; dazed, shocked; anesthetized, narcotized, drugged, paralyzed; dull, torpid, insensitive; desensitized; lifeless. —v. t. deaden, benumb, freeze; narcotize, drug, desensitize; stupefy, paralyze. See insensibility, cold.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Insensible]

Syn. deadened, dead, unfeeling, insensate, insentient, benumbed, numbed, asleep, senseless, anesthetized, stupefied, comatose; see also paralyzed .

2. [Insensitive]

Syn. apathetic, callous, inured, thickskinned; see callous , indifferent 1 , listless 1 .

v.

Syn. paralyze, drug, anesthetize, dull; see deaden 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. benumbed unfeeling, deadened, dead, insensate, anesthetized, insensitive, paralyzed, stunned, narcotized, stupefied. 2.insensitive apathetic, unfeeling, indifferent, uncaring.

ANT.: 1. feeling, sensitive, responsive. 2. empathetic, feeling, receptive

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Lacking physical feeling or sensitivity: asleep, dead, insensible, insensitive, unfeeling. See AWARENESS. 2. Lacking responsiveness or alertness: benumbed, dull, insensible, insensitive, stuporous, torpid, unresponsive, wooden. See AWARENESS. II verb 1. To render less sensitive: benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dull. Idiom: take the edge off. See AWARENESS. 2. To render helpless, as by emotion: benumb, paralyze, petrify, stun, stupefy, wither. See AFFECT.