Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb numb

1 sense of numb

Sense 1
numb, benumb, blunt, dull -- (make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses")
       => desensitize, desensitise -- (cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized")

Antonyms of adj numbing

1 sense of numbing

Sense 1
numbing -- (causing numbness or insensitivity; "the numbing effect of grief")

INDIRECT (VIA desensitizing) -> sensitizing, sensitising -- (making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli)

Similarity of adj numbing

1 sense of numbing

Sense 1
numbing -- (causing numbness or insensitivity; "the numbing effect of grief")
       => desensitizing (vs. sensitizing), desensitising -- (making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli)