numbness

English

Alternative forms

numbnesse (obsolete)

Etymology

From numb +‎ -ness.

Noun

numbness (countable and uncountable, plural numbnesses)

Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
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
Portuguese: dormência f
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