Synonyms for Numbing | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "numbing" (138 found)

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Closest matches (28)

abatement algid allayment alleviating alleviation alleviative analgesia analgesic anesthesia anesthetic anesthetizing anodyne appeasement arctic assuagement assuasive balmy balsamicbelow zerobenumbing

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biting bitter

Noun(6 words)

anaesthetic anaesthetizing anesthetic anesthetize anesthyl benumb

Strong matches (41)

bitterly coldbleak boreal brisk brumal cathartic chill cleansing coldcold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marblecrisp cutting deadening demulcent diminishment diminution dull

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dulling ease easement easing emollient freezingfreezing coldfrigid gelid glacial

Noun(10 words)

blunting dampen deaden deadening desensitization desensitize desensitizing detachment dullingemotional blunting

Verb(1 words)

deadened

Related words (69)

hibernal hiemal hyperboreanice coldice-cold ice-encrusted icelike icy inclement keen leaden lenitive lessening lulling mitigating mitigation mitigative mollification narcotic nipping

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Noun(8 words)

insensitivitylocal anestheticloss of sensationnumbing agentnumbness stagnation stifling suppression

Verb(1 words)

paralyzing

Adjective(1 words)

stultifying

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

14 entries

affective descriptorchangecognitive effectdescriptive adjectiveemotional descriptoremotional stateenvironmental descriptormedical conditionmedical descriptorperceptual effectpsychological effectpsychological statesensory deficitsensory descriptor

More specific

16 entries

affective bluntinganestheticcognitive dullingcold induced numbnessdullingemotional bluntingemotional detachmentemotional numbnesshypoesthesialocal anesthesialocal anestheticnerve blocksensory losssensory suppressionstuportopical anesthetic

Collocations

10 entries

emotional numbingnumbing agentnumbing boredomnumbing coldnumbing creamnumbing effectnumbing painnumbing sensationnumbing silencetopical anesthetic

Inflections

5 entries

more numbingmost numbingnumbed numbings numbs

Derivations

6 entries

num blynumb numbed numbingly numbly numbness

similar

2 entries

desensitising desensitizing

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That movie was bum numbing.

Source: tatoeba (7934291)

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

Source: wiktionary

a numbing pain