numbing

• Décrit ce qui provoque une perte de sensibilité physique ou émotionnelle, ou ce qui engourdit.

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.

   anesthésiant

   • 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.

   Synonymesanestheticdeadeningdesensitizingfreezing

   Antonymessensitizing

2. Emotionally dullingB2formal

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

   qui engourdit émotionnellement

   • 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.

   Synonymesdeadeningdesensitizingstupefying

   Antonymesawakeningrousingsensitizingstimulating

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de rendre quelque chose ou quelqu'un incapable de ressentir des sensations physiques, ou de rendre quelqu'un émotionnellement 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.

   Engourdir / insensibiliser

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

   Synonymesanaesthetizebenumbdeadendeadeneddesensitizedullparalyzestupefy

   Antonymesawakensensitizestimulate