numbing

• Describe algo que causa pérdida de sensibilidad física o emocional, adormeciendo o amortiguando las sensaciones o emociones.

Describes something that causes a loss of physical or emotional sensation.

1. Causing loss of sensationB2formal

   Making a part of the body unable to feel anything, typically due to cold, injury, or an anesthetic.

   anestesiante

   • The numbing cold made it hard to move his fingers.
   • She applied a numbing cream before the injection.
   • The numbing effect of the medication lasted for several hours.

   Sinónimosanestheticdeadeningdesensitizingfreezing

   Antónimossensitizing

2. Emotionally dullingB2formal

   Causing a person to become emotionally insensitive or unable to feel strong emotions, often due to shock or trauma.

   Embotador emocional

   • The constant bad news had a numbing effect on the public.
   • He felt a numbing sense of despair after the loss.
   • The routine of the job became numbing over time.

   Sinónimosdeadeningdesensitizingstupefying

   Antónimosawakeningrousingsensitizingstimulating

• Verbo que se usa para indicar la acción de hacer que algo o alguien pierda la sensibilidad física, o de volver a alguien emocionalmente insensible.

A verb used to indicate the act of making something or someone unable to feel physical sensation, or to make someone emotionally unresponsive.

1. Make numb or insensitiveB2formal

   To cause a part of the body to lose physical sensation, or to make someone emotionally less responsive.

   Entumecer o insensibilizar

   • The dentist numbed my gum before the procedure.
   • The cold wind numbed his fingers.
   • The shock of the news seemed to numb her senses.

   Sinónimosanaesthetizebenumbdeadendeadeneddesensitizedullparalyzestupefy

   Antónimosawakensensitizestimulate