| Main Entry: | numbness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deadness |
Synonyms: |
anesthesia, apathy, dullness, insensibility, insensitivity, paralysis, stupefaction, stupor |
| Concept: | [Insensibility to touch.] Numbness. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; touch |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
numbness (physical insensibility); anaesthesia; pins and needles.
-verbs
-adjectives
numb; benumbed; deadened; intangible, impalpable.
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| Main Entry: | anesthesia/anaesthesia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | induced sleep; induced absence of feeling |
Synonyms: |
analgesia, insentience, numbness, stupor, unconsciousness |
| Main Entry: | stupor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daze, unconsciousness |
Synonyms: |
amazement, anesthesia, apathy, asphyxia, bewilderment, coma, dullness, fainting, hebetude, hypnosis, inertia, inertness, insensibility, languor, lassitude, lethargy, narcosis, numbness, petrifaction, sleep, slumber, somnolence, sopor, stupefaction, suspended animation, swoon, swooning, torpor, trance |
Antonyms: |
consciousness, sensibility |
| Main Entry: | anesthesia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleep |
Synonyms: |
asleep, insentience, numbness, put under, stupor, unconsciousness |
| Main Entry: | thick skin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to withstand |
Synonyms: |
apathy, armor, callousness, elephant skin, formidable defenses, hard shell, imperviousness, numbness, rhinoceros hide, thick hide, thick shell, unfeelingness |
| Main Entry: | pins and needles |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tingling sensation |
Synonyms: |
deadness, formication, numbness, paraesthesia, paresthesia, prickling, sensation, tingle, tingling |
| Main Entry: | insensibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness |
Synonyms: |
analgesia, anesthesia, apathy, carus, coma, inactivity, indifference, insusceptibility, lethargy, narcoma, narcosis, numbness, stupefaction, stupor, torpor, trance, unconsciousness |
Antonyms: |
caring |