turruttaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• harden verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
• numb adj Unable to feel physical sensation, especially because of cold or pressure on a nerve.
• seethe verb Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
• stupefy verb To make someone's mind dull and slow to react, as if in a daze.

Senses

turruttaa is used for these senses in English:

• desensitize To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something.
• harden (ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
• numb (transitive) To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).
• numb (transitive) To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.
• numb (transitive) To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.
• seethe To overboil (something) so that it loses its flavour or texture; hence (figurative) , to cause (the body, the mind, the spirit, etc.) to become dull through too much alcoholic drink or heat.
• stupefy (transitive, especially, law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.

harden — full definition

1. verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
2. verb To become or make someone more resistant, tough, or emotionally unaffected.

numb — full definition

1. adj Unable to feel physical sensation, especially because of cold or pressure on a nerve.
2. adj Unable to feel or respond emotionally, often after shock or grief.
3. verb To make (something) unable to feel physical sensation, or to dull an emotion.

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