Antonyms for numbed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : nuhm
Phonetic Transcription : nÊŒm


Definition of numbed

Origin :
  • 1570s, from numb (adj.) + -ness.
  • verb deaden
Example sentences :
  • Just at the outset, the act of seeing made not the least impression on her numbed brain.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • In her numbed brain was no flicker of thought as to whatever might come to her afterward.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Choking, he managed with numbed fingers to screw his helmet on.
  • Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
  • With numbed and trembling fingers he began tying up the letters.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Do you know, Jan, that when the very worst has happened, you get kind of numbed.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • Her fatigue became so great that she staggered and hobbled about on her numbed legs.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • That blood, in which he had stepped, seemed to have numbed his legs.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Telemachus got up on his numbed feet and stretched his legs.
  • Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos
  • Numbed, with their breath catching in their throats, they stared.
  • Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
  • He seemed a gentleman, but had so rattled her round that her powers of observation were numbed.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Synonyms for numbed

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