numbing

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noun

An act by which something is numbed.

“a numbing pain”

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desensitizingdesensitising
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of numb
noun
  1. An act by which something is numbed.

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

    2011, Robert Jay Lifton, Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 130
adjectivenumbing (comparative more numbing, superlative most numbing)

comparative more numbing · superlative most numbing

  1. That numbs.

    a numbing pain

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecausing numbness or insensitivity

Similar
desensitizingdesensitising

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

numbing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numbing

MLA

“numbing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numbing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “numbing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numbing.

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