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deadening::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | constipation, impairment, stultification |
| Type of | debasement, degradation |
| Derivation | deaden |
Examples of deadening
deadening
She has taken that process to its deadening extreme by turning her women blonde.
From the independent.co.uk
True, you will never be able to eliminate every vestige of deadening bureaucracy.
From the businessweek.com
Only a writer of verve could make these potentially deadening subjects compelling.
From the theatlantic.com
People who do the same show again and again, I would find that just deadening.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In umpire nation travel is so relentless that it is more deadening than broadening.
From the denverpost.com
We have just become semi-willing participants in a process of self-deadening.
From the timesunion.com
The deadening hand of direct control by Mr Gove from Whitehall is far worse.
From the guardian.co.uk
Unfortunately, a bit too much sound deadening was left on the factory floor.
From the latimes.com
A little more sound deadening material on that ultra-light chassis perhaps?
From the getreading.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 ...
