numb

engourdi, insensible

Qui ne sent plus le toucher, la douleur ou la température dans une partie du corps.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : numb with something (My feet were numb with cold.); go numb (Her hand went numb after the injection.)

Synonymes : insensitive, without feeling

Expressions courantes : numb fingers, go numb, numb with cold

insensible, sidéré

Incapable de ressentir des émotions ou de réagir normalement, souvent après une expérience terrible.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : numb with something (They stood numb with grief after hearing the news.)

Synonymes : unfeeling, stunned

Expressions courantes : feel numb, numb with shock, emotionally numb

engourdir, insensibiliser

Faire perdre la sensibilité à une partie du corps ou empêcher quelqu’un de réagir émotionnellement.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : deaden, anesthetize

Expressions courantes : numb the skin, numb someone's mouth, numb someone's fingers

atténuer, émousser

Rendre une douleur ou un sentiment fort moins intense.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : dull, deaden, blunt

Contraires : intensify, heighten

Expressions courantes : numb the pain, numb someone's grief, numb a feeling