adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act by which something is numbed.

   "The numbing of hibakusha reflected a shattering of the psychic forms of the self."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of numb form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   That numbs.

   "a numbing pain"

Adjective

1. 1
   causing numbness or insensitivity wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abatementalgidallaymentalleviatingalleviationalleviative

Example

More examples

"The numbing of hibakusha reflected a shattering of the psychic forms of the self."

Related phrases

mind-numbingpsychic numbing

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