numb

verbs

make numb or insensitive

"The shock numbed her senses"

benumb, blunt, dull, numb

lacking sensation

"my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"

asleep, benumbed, numb

is derived from

(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

"passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"

dead, numb

is derived from

so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified

"too numb with fear to move"

numb

is similar to

filled with fear or apprehension

"afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"