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deadened

 
Adjective deadened has 2 senses
  1. dead, deadened - devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
    Antonym: sensitive (indirect, via insensitive)
  2. deadened - made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"
    Antonym:
    sharp (indirect, via dull)
Verb deaden has 7 senses
  1. dampen, deaden, damp - make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
    --1 is one way to dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. girdle, deaden - cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
    --2 is one way to incise
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. deaden - make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
    --3 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  4. deaden - lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
    --4 is one way to
    retard
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. deaden - become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
    --5 is one way to
    change
    Derived form: noun deadening1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  6. deaden, blunt - make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
    --6 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Antonyms: enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate
    Derived form: noun deadening1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  7. deaden - convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
    --7 is one way to
    convert
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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