numb

entumecido, insensible

Que no siente el tacto, el dolor o la temperatura en una parte del cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: Unable to feel touch, pain, or temperature in a part of your body.

• My fingers are numb.
• His leg went numb after he sat on it.
• Is your mouth still numb from the dentist's injection?

Cómo se usa: numb with something (My feet were numb with cold.); go numb (Her hand went numb after the injection.)

Sinónimos: insensitive, without feeling

Expresiones frecuentes: numb fingers, go numb, numb with cold

insensible, aturdido

Que no puede sentir emociones ni reaccionar normalmente, a menudo tras una experiencia terrible.

En inglés sencillo: Unable to feel emotions or react normally, often because of a terrible experience.

• I felt numb after the news.
• She was numb with shock when the police arrived.
• Months of worry had left him emotionally numb.

Cómo se usa: numb with something (They stood numb with grief after hearing the news.)

Sinónimos: unfeeling, stunned

Expresiones frecuentes: feel numb, numb with shock, emotionally numb

entumecer, insensibilizar

Hacer que una parte del cuerpo pierda sensibilidad o que alguien deje de reaccionar emocionalmente.

En inglés sencillo: To make a body part unable to feel, or make someone unable to react emotionally.

• The cold numbed my hands.
• The dentist will numb your mouth before starting.
• The terrible news numbed her for several hours.

Sinónimos: deaden, anesthetize

Expresiones frecuentes: numb the skin, numb someone's mouth, numb someone's fingers

mitigar, amortiguar

Hacer que un dolor o una emoción fuerte se sientan con menos intensidad.

En inglés sencillo: To make pain or a strong feeling less powerful.

• The medicine numbed the pain.
• He drank to numb his grief.
• Keeping busy helped numb her feelings of loneliness.

Sinónimos: dull, deaden, blunt

Antónimos: intensify, heighten

Expresiones frecuentes: numb the pain, numb someone's grief, numb a feeling