Antonyms for de-adens
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ded-n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛd n |
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- animate
- annoy
- approve
- articulate
- assist
- authorize
- be intolerant
- be noisy
- bear
- begin
- blab
- bore
- brighten
- build
- clean
- clear up
- comfort
- communicate
- construct
- continue
- create
- disarrange
- disclose
- disenchant
- disgust
- disorder
- disturb
- divulge
- dry
- embolden
- encourage
- energize
- enlarge
- enlighten
- enliven
- explain
- expose
- extend
- facilitate
- free
- give birth
- hearten
- heat
- help
- ignore
- improve
- incite
- increase
- indulge
- initiate
- inspirit
- intensify
- invigorate
- irritate
- lay bare
- let down
- let go
- let loose
- let out
- liberate
- light
- liquefy
- magnify
- melt
- mobilize
- needle
- neglect
- OK
- open
- permit
- perturb
- please
- point
- provoke
- purify
- push
- raise
- refresh
- release
- repair
- repel
- restore
- reveal
- sanction
- sharpen
- show
- soften
- soothe
- speak
- spoil
- start
- stimulate
- strengthen
- succeed
- support
- talk
- tell
- tire
- turn off
- turn on
- uncover
- unfit
- unwrap
- uplift
- upset
- validate
- vitalize
- voice
- warm
- weaken
- win
- worry
- worsen
Definition of de-adens
Origin :- 1660s "deprive of or diminish (some quality)," from dead (adj.) + -en (1). Earlier the verb was simply dead. Related: Deadened; deadening.
- As in kill : verb turn off; cancel
- As in mesmerize : verb captivate
- As in muffle : verb suppress, make quiet
- As in mute : verb muffle, tone down sound
- As in paralyze : verb immobilize
- As in quell : verb alleviate, calm
- As in silence : verb make or be quiet
- As in blunt : verb make dull
- As in stupefy : verb stun
- As in benumb : verb desensitize
- As in devitalize : verb diminish
- As in hebetate : verb dull
- As in medicate : verb drug
- As in narcotize : verb drug
- As in physic : verb drug
- As in quieten : verb silence
- As in shush : verb silence
- As in cushion : verb pad, protect from blow
- As in dampen : verb spoil spirits
- As in deaden : verb diminish, muffle, quiet
- As in desensitize : verb dull
- As in dope : verb drug someone
- As in drug : verb put under influence of medication
- As in gag : verb silence, stop up
- As in harden : verb accustom
Synonyms for de-adens
- abate
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- adapt
- adjust
- adulterate
- allay
- alleviate
- analgize
- anesthetize
- annul
- appall
- appease
- arrest
- assuage
- astound
- attenuate
- balk
- bemuse
- benumb
- blunt
- bolster
- bottle up
- bring to grinding halt
- brutalize
- buttress
- callous
- callus
- case-harden
- catch up
- cease
- check
- chill
- chloroform
- choke
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- climatize
- close
- close up
- cloud
- coarsen
- compose
- conceal
- conform
- constrain
- consume
- control
- cool
- cool it
- cork
- cork up
- counteract
- cover
- cradle
- cripple
- cumber
- curb
- cushion
- cut off
- cut short
- damp
- dampen
- dash
- daunt
- daze
- deaden
- debase
- debilitate
- decrease
- decrease the volume
- defeat
- deject
- demolish
- demur
- depress
- deprive
- desensitize
- desiccate
- destroy
- develop
- devitalize
- dim
- diminish
- disable
- disarm
- discipline
- discourage
- disembowel
- dismay
- dispirit
- dope
- dope up
- dose
- dose up
- drown
- drug
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- ease
- emasculate
- embitter
- enervate
- enfeeble
- ensorcell
- enthrall
- entrance
- envelop
- etherize
- eviscerate
- exenterate
- exhaust
- extinguish
- fascinate
- fix
- forbid
- freeze
- frustrate
- gag
- garrote
- gas
- grip
- habituate
- halt
- hebetate
- hide
- hit
- hold one's tongue
- hold spellbound
- humble
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- hypnotize
- impair
- incapacitate
- indurate
- inhibit
- inject
- injure
- insulate
- inure
- keep it down
- keep the lid on
- knock out
- KO
- lame
- lay out
- lessen
- load
- lower
- lull
- magnetize
- make callous
- make inactive
- make inert
- make less sensitive
- make nerveless
- medicate
- mellow
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- narcotize
- negative
- neutralize
- nix
- nonplus
- nullify
- numb
- obstruct
- obtund
- opiate
- overawe
- pacify
- palsy
- paralyze
- petrify
- physic
- pillow
- pipe down
- poison
- prohibit
- prostrate
- put damper on
- put out of order
- put the lid on
- put to sleep
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- recant
- reduce
- refuse
- relax
- render insensible
- render insensitive
- render unconscious
- repress
- restrain
- retard
- revoke
- roughen
- ruin
- sap
- say nothing
- scotch
- season
- seclude
- sedate
- shush
- shut down
- shut off
- shut up
- shy
- silence
- sit down on
- sit on
- slow
- smother
- soak
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- sophisticate
- spellbind
- squash
- squelch
- steel
- stiffen
- stifle
- still
- stop
- stop dead
- strengthen
- strike dumb
- stumble
- stun
- stupefy
- subdue
- support
- suppress
- take the edge off
- tape up
- teach
- throttle
- tire
- tone down
- tongue-tie
- train
- transfix
- treat
- turn down
- turn out
- undermine
- unnerve
- veto
- water down
- weaken
- wrap
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