Associations to the word «Numbing»

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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn