Unscramble deadened

Definition of deadened

adjective:

• devoid of physical sensation; numb; "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". Synonyms: dead.
• made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger".

verb:

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message". Synonyms: damp, dampen, deaden.
• cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant". Synonyms: deaden, girdle.
• make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine". Synonyms: deaden.
• lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway". Synonyms: deaden.
• become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor. Synonyms: deaden.
• make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings", "deaden a sound". Synonyms: blunt, deaden. Antonyms: enliven.
• convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil. Synonyms: deaden.

Related words

break, damp, dampen, obtund, petrify, soften, weaken.

Words nearby

deafened.