Deaden (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor.

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Related Words

• Deadening (noun)

Meaning ²

Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Blunt

Antonyms

• Enliven

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify

Hyponyms

• Damp
• Break
• Weaken
• Soften

Related Words

• Deadening (noun)

Meaning ³

Make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify

Meaning ⁴

Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Damp
• Dampen

Hypernyms

• Break
• Weaken
• Dampen
• Soften

Meaning ⁵

Lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Meaning ⁶

Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Girdle

Hypernyms

• Incise

Meaning ⁷

Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil.

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..