Antonyms for deaden

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ded-n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛd n

Definition of deaden

Origin : 1660s "deprive of or diminish (some quality)," from dead (adj.) + -en (1). Earlier the verb was simply dead. Related: Deadened; deadening.

verb diminish, muffle, quiet

Example sentences :

Ought she not to hold it apart, and to shield it with her hand to deaden its brightness?
Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley

Even concussion of the brain had failed to deaden the memory of that awful night.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

A little lamp black will serve to deaden the color of the paint.
Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt

It would cripple his energies, and deaden his desire for active employment.
Extract from : « The Way of All Flesh » by Samuel Butler

Into a labyrinth now my soul would fly, But with thy beauty will I deaden it.
Extract from : « Endymion » by John Keats

A caution when the vessel is luffed up to deaden her way, followed by "heave."
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

He was a masterful man and he refused to take drugs to deaden the pain.
Extract from : « The Girl from Sunset Ranch » by Amy Bell Marlowe

In vain Brenton tried his best to deaden his senses to the lure of it; but it was of no use.
Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray

From the time they began their work, every pains had been taken to deaden sounds.
Extract from : « On the Irrawaddy » by G. A. Henty

The stream, here and there falling in cataracts, does something to deaden them.
Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid

Synonyms for deaden

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