numbing cold
Feeling-erasing low temperature
Numbing cold is cold intense enough to cause loss of sensation in the body.
The phrase describes temperatures so severe that exposed skin loses feeling, fingers stop responding, and the mind may dull: We stood in the numbing cold waiting for the bus.
The expression emphasizes cold's physical effect rather than just its degree.
- freezingExtremely cold
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
biting · piercing · bone-chilling · hypothermia · tingling · stinging · raw · arctic · polar vortex · blizzard · windchill · wind chill factor · shivering · glacial · frozen solid · deadened · exposure · frostnip
- Cold Expressionsbone-chilling, frigid, icy, frosty, chilly
- extreme temperaturesfreezing, boiling, scorching, frigid, subzero
- winter coldsnowstorm, snow, ice, arctic air, frost
- overstimulationsensory overload, overstimulation, cognitive overload, cacophony, overwhelm
numbing coldscorching heat
Intense, burning temperatures
sweltering heat · oppressive heat · extreme heat · tropical heat · white-hot
numbing coldgentle warmth
cozy warmth · room temperature · tepid · lukewarm · temperate
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