Numb | Mean of numb in English Dictionary

/ˈnʌm/

• unable to feel anything in a particular part of your body because of cold, injury, etc.
1. The side of my face was still numb an hour after the surgery.
2. I had a numb feeling in my toes.
3. It was so cold that my fingers went numb.
4. A stroke can cause one side of your body to go numb.
• unable to think, feel, or react normally because of something that shocks or upsets you
1. Her son had died and she just felt numb.
2. He stood there numb with fear/rage.
• Verb
• to cause (a part of the body) to be unable to feel anything
1. The injection will numb the area to be operated on.
2. The cold wind numbed my face.

• to make (someone) unable to think, feel, or react normally
1. She was numbed by the news of her son's death.