Usually means: Devoid of sensation or feeling.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word numb:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. numb: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Numb, numb: Merriam-Webster
  3. numb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. numb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. numb: Collins English Dictionary
  6. numb: Vocabulary.com
  7. Numb, numb: Wordnik
  8. numb: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. numb: Wiktionary
  10. numb: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. numb: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. numb: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. numb, numb: Dictionary.com
  14. numb: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. numb: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. NUMB (gene), Numb (Elderbrook song), Numb (Hammerbox album), Numb (Holly McNarland song), Numb (Linkin Park song), Numb (Pet Shop Boys song), Numb (Portishead Song), Numb (Portishead song), Numb (Rihanna song), Numb (The Killing), Numb (U2 song), Numb (Usher song), Numb (Veridia song), Numb (XXXTentacion song), Numb (band), Numb (disambiguation), Numb (song), Numb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Numb: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. numb: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. numb: Rhymezone
  20. numb: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. numb: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. numb: FreeDictionary.org
  23. numb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. numb: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Numb (song), numb: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. numb: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. numb: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Numb: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Numb (song), numb: Medical dictionary
  5. Numb: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. NUMB: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. numb: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. numb, numb: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. numb: Colloquial Speech of Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada

(Note: See numbed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
adjective:  Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
adjective:  (Maine) Dumb or stupid.
adjective:  (obsolete) Causing numbness.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).
verb:  (transitive) To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.
verb:  (transitive) To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.
verb:  (intransitive) To become numb (especially physically).

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