This meaning describes a body part with reduced or absent sensation due to cold, pressure, injury, or medicine.
My fingers became numb in the cold.
The dentist made part of her mouth numb.
This figurative meaning describes a person whose emotions are temporarily dulled by shock, grief, or exhaustion.
She felt numb after hearing the news.
The repeated losses left him emotionally numb.
This figurative meaning refers to weakening someone's emotional response, awareness, or pain.
Constant exposure numbed them to the violence.
He used work to numb his grief.
