numbing

Main Entry:
numb [nuhm]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deaden
Synonyms: anesthetize, benumb, blunt, chill, desensitize, dull, freeze, frost, immobilize, obtund, paralyze, stun, stupefy
Antonyms: enliven
Main Entry: freezing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very cold
Synonyms: Siberian, arctic, biting, bitter, chill, chilled, chilly, cutting, frigid, frost-bound, frosty, gelid, glacial, hawkish, icy, nippy, numbing, one-dog night, penetrating, polar, raw, shivery, snappy, two-dog night, wintry
Antonyms: boiling, heated, hot
Main Entry: narcotic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dulling, painkilling
Synonyms: analgesic, anesthetic, calming, deadening, hypnotic, numbing, opiate, sedative, somnifacient, somnific, somnolent, somnorific, soporiferous, soporific, stupefacient, stupefactive, stupefying
Main Entry: piercing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: intense to the senses
Synonyms: acute, agonizing, arctic, biting, bitter, blaring, cold, deafening, earsplitting, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, freezing, frosty, high, high-pitched, keen, knifelike, loud, numbing, painful, penetrating, powerful, racking, raw, roaring, severe, sharp, shattering, shooting, shrill, stabbing, stentorian, stentorious, thin, treble, wintry
Antonyms: low, soft, weak
Main Entry: soporific
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sleepy; sleep-inducing
Synonyms: anesthetic, balmy, calming, deadening, dozy, drowsy, dull, hypnotic, mesmerizing, narcotic, nodding, numbing, opiate, quietening, sedative, slumberous, snoozy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, tranquilizing
Antonyms: awake, conscious, exciting, invigorating, stimulating
Main Entry: shivery
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cold
Synonyms: Siberian, algid, arctic, below freezing, below zero, benumbed, biting, bitter, blasting, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, chill*, chilled, chilly, cool*, crisp, cutting, frigid, frore, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, have goose bumps, hawkish, hiemal, hyperborean, icebox, iced, icy*, inclement, intense, keen, nipping, nippy, numbed, numbing, one-dog night, penetrating, piercing, polar, raw, rimy, severe, sharp, sleety, snappy, snowy, stinging, two-dog night, wintry
Main Entry: somnifacient
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: soporific
Synonyms: anesthetic, balmy, calming, deadening, dozy, drowsy, dull, hypnotic, mesmerizing, narcotic, nodding, numbing, opiate, quietening, sedative, slumberous, snoozy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, tranquilizing
Main Entry: blunt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make dull
Synonyms: attenuate, benumb, cripple, dampen, deaden, debilitate, desensitize, disable, enfeeble, hebetate, numb, obtund, sap, soften, take the edge off, undermine, water down, weaken
Antonyms: needle, point, sharpen
Main Entry: daze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse, shock
Synonyms: addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise
Antonyms: expect
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