Associations to the word «Numbing»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
NUMB, adjective. Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
NUMB, adjective. Not able to react, surprised, shocked.
NUMB, adjective. Causing numbness.
NUMB, verb. (transitive) To cause to become numb.
Dictionary definition
NUMB, verb. Make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses".
NUMB, adjective. Lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold".
NUMB, adjective. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy".
NUMB, adjective. So frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified; "too numb with fear to move".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.