numbing

numbing
Synonyms and related words:
Siberian, abatement, algid, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, alleviative, analgesia, analgesic, anesthesia, anesthetic, anesthetizing, anodyne, appeasement, arctic, assuagement, assuasive, balmy, balsamic, below zero, benumbing, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, cathartic, cleansing, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, crisp, cutting, deadening, demulcent, diminishment, diminution, dulling, ease, easement, easing, emollient, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, gelid, glacial, hibernal, hiemal, hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, inclement, keen, lenitive, lessening, lulling, mitigating, mitigation, mitigative, mollification, narcotic, nipping, nippy, pain-killing, palliation, palliative, penetrating, piercing, pinching, purgative, raw, reduction, relief, relieving, remedial, remedy, rigorous, salving, severe, sharp, sleety, slushy, snappy, softening, soothing, stone-cold, stunning, stupefying, subduement, subduing, subzero, supercooled, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry

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  • numbing — [num′iŋ] adj. causing numbness, esp. in feeling or in mental or emotional response numbingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • numbing — adjective 1) menthol has a numbing effect Syn: desensitizing, deadening, benumbing, anesthetic, anesthetizing; paralyzing 2) numbing cold Syn: freezing, raw, bitter, biting, arctic …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Numbing — Numb Numb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Numbed} (n[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Numbing} (n[u^]m [i^]ng).] To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. [1913 Webster] For lazy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • numbing — adjective Date: 1581 tending or serving to make numb or spiritless < losing by a numbing margin > < a numbing lecture > • numbingly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • numbing — numbingly, adv. /num ing/, adj. causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying: the numbing effects of grief; a story repeated with numbing regularity. [1625 35; NUMB + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

  • numbing — desensitizing desensitizing adj. making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli. Opposite of {sensitizing}. [Narrower terms: {numbing}] [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • numbing — adj. Numbing is used with these nouns: ↑pain …   Collocations dictionary

  • numbing — numb|ing [ nʌmıŋ ] adjective making you lose feeling in a part of your body: numbing cold a. so boring that you stop paying attention …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • numbing — UK [ˈnʌmɪŋ] / US adjective a) making you lose feeling in a part of your body numbing cold b) so boring that you stop paying attention …   English dictionary

  • numbing — adjective causing numbness or insensitivity (Freq. 3) the numbing effect of grief • Similar to: ↑desensitizing, ↑desensitising …   Useful english dictionary

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