deadened
past simple and past participle ofdeaden
deaden
verb[T]
uk/ˈded.ən/us/ˈded.ən/to make something lesspainfulor lessstrong:
Morphine is often used to deaden thepainofseriousinjuries.
Doubleglazinghashelpedto deaden thenoisefrom theroad.
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- rollback
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- shave
- telescope
- tumble
Examplesofdeadened
deadened
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
And even if no longer acousticallydeadened, they can still be deprived of their otherworldly dimension.
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Any sense of spontaneity and immediate self-expression isdeadened.
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Applied as a plaster, itdeadenedpain.
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It is better to be carried away by enthusiasm thandeadenedby apathy anddeadenedby predetermined decisions.
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We are becoming emotionallydeadenedby the horrors that we witness and have come to accept violence as normal.
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He did not agree that compoundingdeadenedthe interest of small occupiers in the rates because they did not pay them direct.
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We do not want to see this lively and living areadeadenedby the wrong sort of emphasis on conservation.
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The market is bound to bedeadened; it is bound to reduce the amount of offers that will be made.
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We are told that we havedeadenedprivate enterprise.
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But this may, or may not, havedeadenedthe speculation and the rumours which have been rife for so many months.
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Have our consciences been sodeadenedthat we do not care now under what conditions goods are produced so long only as they are cheap?
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He was able to throw the length of a hotel ballroom after doctorsdeadenedhis shoulder.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But behind all this is a clearly wounded, perhaps even emotionallydeadened, human being, and that really resonates as the game progresses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There may be nourishment in it but the senses aredeadenedby the taste, and the aftertaste gives one a pain in the stomach.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On trials in 1933, the system was judged successful as itdeadenedthe ship's roll by 37-65%.
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