numbing
adjective
[ ˈnʌmɪŋ ]
• depriving one of feeling or responsiveness.
• "the numbing effect of alcohol"
numb
verb
• deprive of feeling or responsiveness.
• "the cold had numbed her senses"
Similar:
deadening,
desensitizing,
benumbing,
anaesthetizing,
anaesthetic,
paralysing,
torpefying,
freezing,
glacial,
raw,
piercing,
cutting,
bitter,
arctic,
polar,
Origin:
late Middle English nome(n), past participle of obsolete nim ‘take’.
