numbness
numbness noun: absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
Noun
numbness (countable and uncountable, plural numbnesses)
- Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
- Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.
- Synonyms:
- hypoesthesia
numbness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
numbness in Hindi
- numbness, unfeelingness
- संवेदनहीनता samvednahīntā
numbness in Tamil
- உணர்வின்மை, உணர்வுக்குறை, பகுதி உணர்வுக் குறை, மரமரப்பு, வலிமரப்பு
numbness in Urdu
- بےحسی, سن ہونے کی کیفیت
numbness in Bengali
- অসাড়তা, অনুভূতিশূন্যতা
More languagesFewer languages
- numbness in Telugu
- తిమ్మిరి timmiri
- numbness in Malayalam
- മരവിപ്പ് maravippŭ
- numbness in Tagalog
- pagkamanhid, manhid
- numbness in Malay
- kebas
- numbness in Indonesian
- mati rasa
Synonyms of numbness
Forms of numbness
| plural | numbnesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | numbnesse |
Origin of numbness
From numb + -ness.
Questions about numbness
- What does numbness mean?
- Numbness means absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
- What is numbness in Hindi?
- Numbness in Hindi is संवेदनहीनता (samvednahīntā). See Numbness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is numbness?
- Numbness is a noun.
- What is the plural of numbness?
- The plural of numbness is numbnesses.
Words near numbness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: numbness (page history and authors); संवेदनहीनता (Hindi) (page history and authors); numbness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); numbness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); numbness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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