Antonyms for deadened

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ded-n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛd n

Definition of deadened

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 :

The excitement caused by the reading of the letter dulled and deadened.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The sharp clack of the streets was deadened to a low hum as of the sea afar off.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

There was no sound anywhere except the light fall of his own deadened footstep.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

There was an interval in which the voices were deadened and confused.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

I heard the deadened thud of Martin's footsteps on the lawn passing to and fro.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

It would be muffled and deadened by the leaves and branches all about it.
Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson

There was an exultation in Jon's heart that deadened the hunger and washed away the nausea.
Extract from : « Acid Bath » by Vaseleos Garson

It was as though he himself had been deadened to every sense but this.
Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

I cried, in the scared, deadened voice of an awful discovery.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

The suggestion of a laugh in the deadened voice passed off in a catch of the breath.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for deadened

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