Associations to the word «Numbness»

Wiktionary

NUMBNESS, noun. Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
NUMBNESS, noun. Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.

Dictionary definition

NUMBNESS, noun. Partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction.
NUMBNESS, noun. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally.

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.
William Butler Yeats