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   deadening

   /ˈdɛdnɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. causing a loss of force, vitality, or enthusiasm; stultifying: "a deadening routine"

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   What is the meaning of deadening?

   • To render less intense, sensitive, or vigorous. A medication to deaden the pain; wall tiles that deaden the sound from the rehearsal studio. To take away the sensitivity of; make numb. To treat (a wall, floor, or ceiling) so as to keep sounds from going through; make soundproof. To lessen the vigor, intensity, or liveliness of; dull.

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   • Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down] Make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: numb, benumb, blunt, dull] Make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" [syn: dull, blunt] [ant: sharpen]

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   What is deadening wit?

   • Nothing is more deadening and more commonplace than this peculiar form of wit, when it becomes a habit or offers itself in a mass. Night and the March moon awake the winter-dormant wilderness from the white man's deadening spell. Deadening definition: a device or material employed to deaden or render dull..

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   What is deathening?

   • Similar to 'deafening' but causing death, rather than deafness. Girl: Dude it was deathening. Get the Deathening mug.

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   Deadening is an adjective that means making a feeling or a sound less painful or less strong, or preventing new ideas from developing. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, and related words from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Nov 19, 2019 · Deadening is a noun that means material used to soundproof walls or floors. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Deadening definition: a device or material employed to deaden or render dull.. See examples of DEADENING used in a sentence.

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   noun. 1. a device or material employed to deaden or render dull. 2. a device or material preventing the transmission of sound. 3. a woodland in which the trees are killed by girdling prior to being cleared. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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   DEADENING meaning: 1. making a feeling or a sound less painful or less strong: 2. preventing new ideas from…. Learn more.

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   to make something less painful or less strong: Morphine is often used to deaden the pain of serious injuries. Double glazing has helped to deaden the noise from the road. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming and making smaller or less. abridgment. attenuated. attenuating. attenuation. compress. contraction. dwindling.

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   The meaning of DEADEN is to impair in vigor or sensation : blunt. How to use deaden in a sentence.