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deadened::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth.
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the deadened pangs of hunger.
Examples of deadened
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Only a danger that closely resembles Clara's own excites her deadened compassion.
From the boston.com
Even then, he is too emotionally deadened to enjoy the beauty of what he creates.
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If I were to spend energy on that I would be a lifeless deadened human being.
From the fresnobee.com
And it is alive and bustling, not the deadened preserve of antiquarian shops.
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One of the medications deadened the nerve endings in his ears, damaging his hearing.
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Feeling deadened by the city, George Monbiot took to the water to fish in his kayak.
From the guardian.co.uk
The current team seem too deadened to attempt any such flights of fancy.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Then came the session with Janice when she seemed so angry and deadened.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Even our footsteps were deadened on a saturated carpet of flaccid leaves.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Dampen: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
- Girdle: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
- Make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
- Lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
- Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- (deadened) dead: 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"
- (deadened) made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"
- (deadening) boring: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task ...
