(v) make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation, Syn. blunt, Ant. enliven, Example:Terror blunted her feelings; deaden a sound

deaden

(v) convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

boring

(adj) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain, Syn. tiresome, irksome, dull, ho-hum, slow, wearisome, tedious, deadening, Example: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; tedious days on the train; the tiresome chirping of a cricket; other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome

dampen

(v) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible, Syn. damp, deaden, Example:muffle the message

dead

(adj) devoid of physical sensation; numb, Syn. deadened, Example: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

girdle

(v) cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients, Syn. deaden, Example:girdle the plant

stultification

(n) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine), Syn. constipation, impairment, deadening

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Deaden

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deadened p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening. ] [ From Dead; cf. AS. d&unr_;dan to kill, put to death. See Dead, a. ] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

As harper lays his open palm
Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Deadener

n. One who, or that which, deadens or checks. [ 1913 Webster ]

deadening

adj. [ p. pr. of verb deaden{ 3 }. ] Rendering less lively, intense, or vigorous; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks.
Syn. -- boring, dreary, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

deadening

n. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine).
Syn. -- stultification, impairment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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迷宮入り

[めいきゅういり, meikyuuiri] (adj-no) going unsolved; unanswered; unresolved; deadend

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

abstumpfen; betäuben; unempfindlich machen | abstumpfend | abgestumpft

to deaden | deadening | deadened

abtöten | abtötend | abgetötet | tötet ab | tötete ab

to deaden | deadening | deadened | deadens | deadened

dämpfen

to deaden

schalldämmend; schalldämpfend; schallschluckend { adj }

sound-absorbing; sound-deadening

stumpft ab

deadens

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