Definition of Numbing
Numbing
Num·bing
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
Causing a loss of feeling or sensation, especially in a part of the body.
e.g. The dentist used a numbing cream to reduce the pain of the injection.
(adjective)
broadly, causing one to lose a sense of feeling and become unresponsive and lacking in liveliness or cheer;
e.g. The students struggled to stay focused during the professor's numbing lectures.
(verb)
depriving someone/something of the capacity of feeling, often by dulling their sense of physical touch, and thus making them less responsive;
e.g. The cold air was numbing his lips and making it difficult for him to talk.
(verb)
broadly, dulling one's sensitivity to or sensation of something and causing them to feel it less intensely;
e.g. The hot weather was numbing their ability to think clearly.
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