NUMB Copy link • NUMB 1. v. torporem afferre alicui rei, torpore hebetare aliquid; obstupefacere. 2. adj., rigidus, rigens; torpidus, obstupefactus. To be numb, rigidum esse, rigere, torpere, torpidum esse; to become numb, rigescere, obrigescere, torpescere, obtorpescere. The hand is num, manus obtorpuit.