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- Dictionarydeaden/ˈdɛdn/
verb
- 1. make (a noise or sensation) less strong or intense: "ether was used to deaden the pain" Similar Opposite
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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.
1. : to impair in vigor or sensation : blunt. deadened his enthusiasm. deadened the pain. 2. a. : to deprive of brilliance. b. : to make vapid or spiritless. oxygen deadens wine. c. : to make (something, such as a wall) impervious to sound. 3. : to deprive of life : kill. intransitive verb. : to become dead : lose life or vigor. deadener. ˈded-nər.
verb. lessen the momentum or velocity of. “ deaden a ship's headway” see more. verb. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible. synonyms: damp, dampen. see more. verb. convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil. see more. verb.
Deaden definition: to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken. See examples of DEADEN used in a sentence.
1. to make less sensitive, intense, or effective. 2. to make dull or lifeless; subdue. 3. to soundproof. v.i. 4. to become deadened.
verb. If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud. He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest. [VERB noun] He stuck cotton wool in his ears to deaden the sound of the engines. [VERB noun] Synonyms: reduce, dull, diminish, check More Synonyms of deaden. More Synonyms of deaden.
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.
deaden something to make something such as a sound, a feeling, etc. less strong synonym dull He was given drugs to deaden the pain. The wood panelling in the rooms deadened any noise from outside.
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to make something less painful or less strong: She gave me an injection to deaden the pain. (Definition of deaden from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of deaden. in Chinese (Traditional) 緩解，減輕（疼痛）, 削弱… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 缓解，减轻（疼痛）, 削弱… See more. in Spanish. aliviar, amortiguar… See more.
