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Adjective deadening has 1 sense

boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
Antonym: interesting (indirect, via uninteresting)

Noun deadening has 1 sense

stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening - the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
--₁ is a kind of degradation, debasement

Derived forms: verb deaden₆, verb deaden₅

Verb deaden has 7 senses

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
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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
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deaden - make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
--₃ is one way to change, alter, modify
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deaden - lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
--₄ is one way to retard
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deaden - become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
--₅ is one way to change

Derived form: noun deadening₁
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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
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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
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