| slovo | definícia |
numbing
(encz) | numbing,znecitlivující |
Numbing
(gcide) | Numb \Numb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed (n[u^]md); p. pr. &
vb. n. Numbing (n[u^]m"[i^]ng).]
To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion;
to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to
stupefy.
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For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. --Dryden.
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Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. --Tennyson.
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numbing
(gcide) | desensitizing \desensitizing\ adj.
making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or
emotional stimuli. Opposite of sensitizing. [Narrower
terms: numbing]
[WordNet 1.5] |
numbing
(wn) | numbing
adj 1: causing numbness or insensitivity; "the numbing effect of
grief" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
mind-numbing
(encz) | mind-numbing, |
mind-numbingly
(encz) | mind-numbingly,nudně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
numbingly
(encz) | numbingly,necitlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Benumbing
(gcide) | Benumb \Be*numb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benumbed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Benumbing.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away,
AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See Numb, a., and
cf. Benim.]
To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to
stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
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The creeping death benumbed her senses first. --Dryden.
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Numbing
(gcide) | Numb \Numb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed (n[u^]md); p. pr. &
vb. n. Numbing (n[u^]m"[i^]ng).]
To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion;
to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to
stupefy.
[1913 Webster]
For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]desensitizing \desensitizing\ adj.
making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or
emotional stimuli. Opposite of sensitizing. [Narrower
terms: numbing]
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