Main entry: dull, blunt, benumb, numb
Definition: make numb or insensitive
Usage: The shock numbed her senses
Main entry: numb
Definition: so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
Usage: too numb with fear to move
Main entry: asleep, benumbed, numb
Definition: lacking sensation
Usage: my foot is asleep; numb with cold
Definition: (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
Usage: passersby were dead to our plea for help; numb to the cries for mercy