Synonyms for numbness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nuhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : nÊŒm |
Définition of numbness
Origin :- 1570s, from numb (adj.) + -ness.
- noun deadness
- He had intermittent periods of numbness in the lower half of his body.
- Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
- "It's there you are a fool," she said, moved actually now by his numbness to his own endowment.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- I am widowed; and the first numbness of the unexpected shock has not left me yet.
- Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
- He was waiting until the first numbness of the shock had passed.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- He had a gone feeling at the pit of the stomach, and suffered from faintness and numbness.
- Extract from : « Lost Face » by Jack London
- Or perhaps from numbness he slipped into a kind of deep sleep.
- Extract from : « David and the Phoenix » by Edward Ormondroyd
- Then it all faded away, and a sort of numbness crept over him.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Paw » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- I've a numbness in my legs, so that I kin hardly walk sometims.
- Extract from : « The Red Acorn » by John McElroy
- In the numbness which immediately followed the first shock, this was not so difficult.
- Extract from : « How It All Came Round » by L. T. Meade
- The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
- Extract from : « How It All Came Round » by L. T. Meade
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