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dead·en
 deaden
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- pronunciation:
- de
d
 n
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
deadens, deadening, deadened |
| definition 1: |
to make the nerves insensitive to.
This pill will deaden the pain.- synonyms:
- numb
- similar words:
- abate, alleviate, anesthetize, blunt, diminish, drug, dull, hebetate, lessen, mitigate, reduce, soothe, suppress
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| definition 2: |
to muffle against sound.
They put up special panels to deaden the noise.- synonyms:
- muffle
- similar words:
- dull, mute, smother
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| definition 3: |
to make less active or lively.
The arrival of the landlord deadened the party.- synonyms:
- blunt, devitalize
- antonyms:
- enliven, quicken
- similar words:
- abate, check, damp, dampen, diminish, dull, enfeeble, lessen, moderate, reduce, repress, stifle, subdue, suppress, weaken
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| related words: |
baffle, blur, buff, buffer, chill, drown, opiate, stale, still |
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