numbness

English

Alternative forms

• numbnesse (obsolete)

Etymology

From numb +‎ -ness.

Noun

numbness (countable and uncountable, plural numbnesses)

1. Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
2. Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.

Synonyms

• (medical): hypoesthesia

Translations

absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation

Bulgarian: изтръпване n (iztrǎpvane) Czech: znecitlivění n Dutch: gevoelloosheid (nl) Finnish: tunnottomuus (fi); turtumus; kohme (due to cold) French: engourdissement (fr) m German: Benommenheit (de) f Greek: μούδιασμα (el) n (moúdiasma) Ancient: νάρκη f (nárkē), μάλκη f (málkē) Hungarian: zsibbadás (hu), zsibbadtság (hu) Hunsrik: Daabheet f, Daabheit f Irish: eanglach m (especially when caused by cold) Latin: torpor m Latvian: stingums m, stīvums m, nejutīgums m Macedonian: отрпнатост f (otrpnatost) Malayalam: മരവിപ്പ് (ml) (maravippŭ) Polish: odrętwienie n Spanish: entumecimiento (es) m Tagalog: pagkamanhid, manhid Telugu: తిమ్మిరి (te) (timmiri) Udi: заморой (zamoroj), замару (zamaru)

reduced ability to experience emotion

Bulgarian: вцепеняване n (vcepenjavane) Finnish: tunteettomuus (fi) (inability); turtumus, turtuneisuus (reduced ability) Galician: mormeira f