What is another word for numbingly?

Pronunciation: [nˈʌmɪŋlɪ] (IPA)

Numbingly refers to something that makes one feel numb, or in other words, bereft of sensation or feeling. There are several synonyms for this word, such as desensitizing, anesthetizing, deadening, benumbing, or stupefying. Desensitizing refers to making someone or something less sensitive or more tolerant. Anesthetizing means the use of drugs or other means to make someone or a part of their body numb to pain. Deadening means making something lifeless or insensible. Benumbing refers to something that makes one feel numb or without feeling. Lastly, stupefying means making someone unable to think or feel properly, dulling their senses, or reducing their capacity to understand.

What are the hypernyms for Numbingly?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Numbingly

He rode without saddle or stirrups, which, however, was no great handicap to anyone who had spent the time he had in the cattle country, and, though it was numbingly cold and he had left his furs behind him, scarcely felt the frost, for his brain was busy.
"The Cattle-Baron's Daughter"
Harold Bindloss
She stared at the thick, red, cruel, animal lips of the man with a loathing that almost paralyzed her power to move; while his hands pressed numbingly into the flesh of her arms.
"The Title Market"
Emily Post
The truth flashed numbingly over his brain.
"Steve Yeager"
William MacLeod Raine

Famous quotes with Numbingly

  • Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well.
    Martin Gore
  • And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.
    Hugh Grant

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