numbing
/ˈnʌmɪŋ/
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American sound/ˈnʌmɪŋ/
numbing
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final ng sound
num - bing -> numbing
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
ထုံသော။ ထုံနေသော။ မလှုပ်မရှားနိုင်ဖြစ်သော။ My fingers were/ went numb with cold. ❍ (fig ) The shock left me numb. ❍ She was numb with terror.
v
၁။ ထုံစေသည်။ her numbed fingers/ feet ❍ The injection will numb your gums for a while.
၂။ ကြက်သေ သေသည်။ ကျောက်ရုပ်လိုဖြစ်သွားသည်။ She was completely numbed by her father's death.
❏ numbing adj
ထုံထိုင်းစေသော။ the numbing monotony of the factory routine. numbly adv : ‘I can't believe he's dead,’ she said numbly. numbness n [U]
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without sensation, frozen, anesthetized, dead, deadened, unfeeling, insensitive, aloof, anesthetize, apathetic, asleep, benumb, benumbed, blunt, callous, casual, chill, comatose, dazed, deaden, desensitize, detached, disinterested, disoriented, distressed, dull, emotionless, freeze, frost, immobilize, immobilized, incurious, indifferent, insensate, insensible, insentient, lethargic, listless, numbed, obtund, paralyze, paralyzed, phlegmatic, remote, sensationless, senseless, shocked, stun, stupefied, stupefy, stuporous, torpid, traumatized, unconcerned, unconscious, uncurious, uninterested
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