turruttaa — meaning in English
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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 dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
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
- verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
- verb To become or make someone more resistant, tough, or emotionally unaffected.
numb — full definition
- adj Unable to feel physical sensation, especially because of cold or pressure on a nerve.
- adj Unable to feel or respond emotionally, often after shock or grief.
- verb To make (something) unable to feel physical sensation, or to dull an emotion.