numbness

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noun

Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.

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hypoesthesiaapathyindifferencespiritlessness
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Meanings

nounnumbness (countable and uncountable, plural numbnesses)

plural numbnesses · alternative numbnesse

  1. countableuncountableAbsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
  2. countableuncountableInability or reduced ability to experience emotion.

    Synonyms: hypoesthesia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounInability or reduced ability to experience emotion.

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hypoesthesia

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

Similar
apathyindifferencespiritlessness
Broader
passivitypassiveness
Also see
apathyastonishmentbenumbmentindifferencespiritlessness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From numb + -ness.

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Translations

Ancient Greek νάρκη, μάλκη
  • νάρκη (nárkē)absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
  • μάλκη (málkē)absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Bulgarian изтръпване, вцепеняване
  • изтръпване (iztrăpvane)absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
  • вцепеняване (vcepenjavane)reduced ability to experience emotion
Czech znecitlivění
  • znecitlivěníabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Dutch gevoelloosheid
  • gevoelloosheidabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Finnish tunnottomuus, turtumus
  • tunnottomuusabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
  • turtumusabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
  • kohmeabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
  • tunteettomuusreduced ability to experience emotion
  • turtumusreduced ability to experience emotion
  • turtuneisuusreduced ability to experience emotion
French engourdissement
  • engourdissementabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
German Benommenheit
  • Benommenheitabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Greek μούδιασμα
  • μούδιασμα (moúdiasma)absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Hungarian zsibbadás, zsibbadtság
  • zsibbadásabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
  • zsibbadtságabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Indonesian mati rasa
  • mati rasaabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Irish eanglach
  • eanglachabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Latin torpor
  • torporabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Latvian stingums, stīvums
  • stingumsabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
  • stīvumsabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
  • nejutīgumsabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Malay kebas
  • kebasabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Polish odrętwienie
  • odrętwienieabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Portuguese dormência
  • dormênciaabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Spanish entumecimiento
  • entumecimientoabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Tagalog pagkamanhid, manhid
  • pagkamanhidabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
  • manhidabsent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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