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Meanings of numbness in English

Portuguese
indiferença
Catalan
apatia
Spanish
indiferencia

The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally.

indiferença
Synonyms
Examples for "indifference"
Examples for "indifference"
1
At a regional and national level, however, there has been political indifference.
The Guardian
2
Tsunamis carried away cities, land reclamation projects, and workers with equal indifference.
The Hyperion Cantos
3
At best they can win a level of indifference about the government.
Reuters
4
Might my apparent indifference have cost Tom his only chance for work?
The day the falls stood still
5
The men utter similar salutations; and Sekeletu receives all with becoming indifference.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
1
The stability of the current government is guaranteed only by public apathy.
The new yorker
2
With a general election weeks away, figures suggest voter apathy remains unchanged.
BBC
3
In a stable & prosperious society, political apathy is to be expected.
The new yorker
4
However, apathy may also arise, especially when dopaminergic medication tapering is rapid.
Pubmed
5
Recent studies have shown that apathy is closely linked to functional outcome.
Pubmed
1
There was a spiritlessness in this man that surprised me.
The Honour of the Flag
2
But even the soda water, as if adjusting itself to the spiritlessness of the prisoners, refused to effervesce.
In the Claws of the German Eagle
Usage of numbness in English
1
Ten minutes later Barbara felt a cold numbness spreading through her body.
Darkness
2
The first inspiration produced numbness and loss of feeling in the chest.
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
3
He sallied out after breakfast-thesame numbness; but he walked it off.
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 10
4
He spoke with neither courage nor despair but a kind of numbness.
Funeral in Blue
5
The twilight and stillness of the drawing-room seemed to increase his numbness.
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
6
He was stunned, sunk in the dull numbness of a heavy fall.
Poor Relations
7
I looked;-anda numbness, an iciness of feeling instantly pervaded my frame.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2
8
Vathi nodded, not complaining, though her numbness would not have passed yet.
Arcanum Unbounded
9
He tried to clear his mind of numbness, of fatigue, of pain.
Worldwinder
10
The numbness was gone from his limbs and he could walk about.
The Danger Trail
11
He welcomed the numbness, the release from the shameful feelings of lust.
Silent screams
12
They had been replaced by a vague numbness in body and soul.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
13
Something was burning through that deep knot of numbness inside of him.
Arcanum Unbounded
14
He'd had this feeling before, beyond the numbness and the dull despair.
The road
15
He might have feigned numbness, but he was hardly immune to sensation.
A Darker Shade of Magic
16
As the technicians worked, their attitude changed from shocked numbness to anger.
Planet of the Damned
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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