numbness (/ˈnʌm.nəs/)

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noun  ·  Intermediate  ·  Emotions & Feelings

🔊 /ˈnʌm.nəs/

Meaning

Meaning: absence of feeling

A loss of physical sensation or of normal emotional response.

Examples

🗣 A protective numbness settled over her in the first shocked days after the sudden loss.

Etymology

From ‘numb’ (Middle English ‘nomen’, taken, seized) plus ‘-ness’.

How & Where It’s Used

Refers to loss of physical sensation or emotional deadening.

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Tags: emotion, void

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