Insensible (4 letters)

{ Answer }

NUMB

{ Related Clues }

Anesthetized
Deaden
Deadened
Insensitive
Senseless
Senseless?
Unfeeling
All tingly
Feeling nothing
Insensitive to pain
Not feeling
Sans senses
Without feeling
Feeling the effects of Novocaine
Feeling no pain
More than shocked
Ready for surgery, in a way
Shoot with Novocain, say
Under the effects of Novocain

{ Tags }

deaden, deadened, effects, feeling, insensible, insensitive, novocain, numb, pain, ready, say, senseless, senses, shocked, shoot, surgery, than, under, unfeeling, way, without

{ Notes }

The answer NUMB is uncommon, appearing about once every 475 puzzles.

{ Definition }

NUMB as a verb:

1. (numb, benumb, blunt, dull) = make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

NUMB as an adjective:

1. (asleep, benumbed, numb) = lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"

2. (dead, numb) = (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"

3. (petrified, numb) = so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move"