Hardness and Numbness

Hardness

Hardness noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.

Numbness and hardness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Numbness" instead a noun "Hardness".

Nearby Words: hard, harden

Numbness

Numbness noun - A lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness.
Usage example: the prisoner exhibited the numbness of someone who had spent more years behind bars than he could remember

Hardness and numbness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hardness" instead a noun "Numbness".

Nearby Words: numb, numbing, numbly

How words are described

emotional emotional hardness emotional numbness
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