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What is the adjective for numbness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb numb which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

numb
  1. Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
  2. Not able to react, surprised, shocked.
  3. Causing numbness.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “I still felt numb, as if nothing that was happening was real.”
      “Persons who become numb to the suffering of others are perilously close to descending into brutality.”
      “She had not uttered another word but sat with a numb expression on her face.”
numby
  1. (obsolete) Somewhat numb; numbed.
numbest
numbed
numbing
  1. present participle of numb
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Meanwhile, all of us sat immobile in the numbing cold, with limbs shaking and teeth chattering.”
      “The prime minister had just given us a numbing lecture about infrastructure.”
      “We found that television viewing had a numbing effect on emotional states in our participants.”
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