Synonyms: dull, blunt, benumb, numb
Definition: make numb or insensitive
Usage: The shock numbed her senses
Similar words: desensitise, desensitize
Definition: cause not to be sensitive
Usage: The war desensitized many soldiers; The photographic plate was desensitized
Synonyms: numb
Definition: so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
Usage: too numb with fear to move
Similar words: afraid
Definition: filled with fear or apprehension
Usage: afraid even to turn his head; suddenly looked afraid; afraid for his life; afraid of snakes; afraid to ask questions
Synonyms: asleep, benumbed, numb
Definition: lacking sensation
Usage: my foot is asleep; numb with cold
Similar words: insensible
Definition: incapable of physical sensation
Usage: insensible to pain; insensible earth
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
Similar words: insensitive
Definition: deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
Usage: insensitive to the needs of the patients