I. adjective
1.
devoid of sensation or feeling
my arm is numb
Synonyms: anesthetized, asleep, benumbed, dead, deadened, insensible, insensitive, numbed, senseless, unfeeling
Related Word: insensate, insentient, stupefied; comatose, unconscious
Contrasted words: alert; aware, conscious; sensitive
2.
Synonyms: indifferent 2, aloof, casual, detached, disinterested, incurious, remote, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested
II. verb
Synonyms: deaden 1, benumb, blunt, desensitize, dull, mull
Related Word: chill, freeze, frost