numb

Adjective
  1. Lacking sensation (synset 302110613)
    "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
    similar to: insensible - incapable of physical sensation
    same as: asleep, benumbed
  2. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity;
    Unresponsive (synset 302114666)
    "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
    similar to: insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
    same as: dead
  3. So frightened as to be unable to move;
    Stunned or paralyzed with terror;
    Petrified (synset 300081288)
    "too numb with fear to move"
    similar to: afraid - filled with fear or apprehension
Verb
  1. Make numb or insensitive (synset 202119756)
    "The shock numbed her senses"
    is a type of: desensitise, desensitize - cause not to be sensitive
    same as: benumb, blunt, dull

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