Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

numb out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: num-b out
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make oneself numb, especially emotionally.

Intransitive verb

verb

To block or alleviate (pain, etc.) by inducing numbness.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Because in childhood there is no opportunity to express this pain in a way that helps a survivor heal, s/he learns to numb out by necessity. Of course, different people numb out in different ways. The survivors I interviewed became alcoholics and drug addicts, some ate compulsively, […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

numbs out (present, singular) numbing out (participle, present) numbed out (participle, past) numbed out (past)

Questions

What does numb out mean?: To make oneself numb, especially emotionally.

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