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Adjective
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Very low or below average in temperature
freezing
cold
chilly
icy
glacial
bitter
wintryUS
arctic
frosty
chill
frigid
cool
polar
nippy
biting
gelid
raw
winteryUK
shivery
snappy
nipping
piercing
coldish
coolish
algid
cutting
ice-cold
bone-chilling
sharp
frozen
more ❯
“Meanwhile, all of us sat immobile in the numbing cold, with limbs shaking and teeth chattering.”
Adjective
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Boring or severely lacking in interest
boring
tedious
monotonous
dull
uninteresting
tiresome
wearisome
dreary
humdrum
pedestrian
drab
slow
ponderous
flat
tiring
wearying
heavy
stale
leaden
stodgy
colorlessUS
colourlessUK
stuffy
dry
jejune
old
jading
drudging
monochromatic
arid
tame
dusty
weary
stupid
soporific
mind-numbing
ho-hum
sleep-inducing
more ❯
“The prime minister had just given us a numbing lecture about infrastructure.”
Adjective
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Depriving one of feeling or responsiveness
deadening
desensitisingUK
desensitizingUS
paralysingUK
paralyzingUS
torpefying
anestheticUS
anaestheticUK
anaesthetizingUK
benumbing
anaesthetisingUK
anesthetizingUS
painkilling
sedating
“We found that television viewing had a numbing effect on emotional states in our participants.”
Adjective
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Causing one to feel dazed or disoriented
disorienting
dazing
stupefying
“Fighting the numbing effects of the drug, he pushed himself to his feet and slowly walked over to the wall.”
Adjective
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Of or relating to analgesia
analgesic
painkilling
anodyne
dulling
palliative
deadening
narcotic
pain-relieving
pain-killing
soothing
relaxing
settling
opiate
sedative
anestheticUS
anaestheticUK
calming
calmative
lenitive
comforting
tranquillizingUK
allaying
dreamy
lulling
tranquilizingUS
depressant
pacifying
quieting
neuroleptic
ataractic
tranquillisingUK
ataraxic
alleviatory
alleviating
demulcent
alleviative
mollifying
mitigatory
paregoric
mitigative
reassuring
assuasive
Adjective
▲
Tending to induce sleep or drowsiness
hypnotic
sedative
soporific
somnolent
somniferous
narcotic
opiate
drowsy
slumberous
sleepy
slumbrous
calmative
somnific
soothing
anaestheticUK
anestheticUS
stupefacient
stupefactive
anodyne
lenitive
soporose
sleep-inducing
sleep-producing
trance-inducing
tranquilizingUS
deadening
tranquillisingUK
tranquillizingUK
calming
hypnagogic
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Causing distress or discomfort
upsetting
distressing
discomforting
confronting
discomposing
disquieting
distressful
disturbing
perturbing
traumatic
troublesome
troubling
trying
unsettling
bothersome
burdensome
difficult
disagreeable
discommoding
disconcerting
discouraging
dismaying
displeasing
irksome
nasty
painful
provoking
severe
toilsome
troublous
unpleasant
vexing
wearisome
worrisome
aggravating
agitating
annoying
consequential
depressing
disappointing
disruptive
foreboding
frightening
gloomy
harassing
hard
harrowing
hurtful
impeding
inconvenient
intrusive
irritating
laborious
nagging
ominous
onerous
perplexing
shocking
sinister
startling
threatening
tiresome
worrying
alarming
anxiety provoking
more ❯
Noun
▲
Reduction or absence of pain
pain control
deadening
analgesia
pain killing
pain management
pain relief
Noun
▲
A method or act of preventing physical sensation, used to eliminate pain
anesthesiaUS
analgesia
sedation
narcosis
pain relief
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease in feeling or strength
deadening
benumbing
dulling
stunning
desensitisingUK
desensitizingUS
freezing
immobilisingUK
immobilizingUS
paralysingUK
paralyzingUS
stupefying
dazing
anaesthetizingUK
anaesthetisingUK
anesthetizingUS
blunting
cauterisingUK
cauterizingUS
chilling
chillin
damping
dampening
obtunding
petrifying
drugging
torpefying
knocking out
rendering insensitive
depriving of sensation
“The effect of the brew was to stupefy the convict to the point of pseudo-coma and to numb his physical sensations.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause or inspire boredom in
boring
dulling
disinteresting
hebetating
stultifying
stupefying
benumbing
boring rigid
boring stupid
boring stiff
boring to death
boring to tears
growing weary on
putting off
boring out of one's mind
making bored
“While these presentations may be technically accurate and contain important information, they often bore and numb attendees.”
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