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
- 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
- abate
- alleviate
- anesthetize
- benumb
- blunt
- check
- chloroform
- consume
- cushion
- damp
- dampen
- depress
- deprive
- desensitize
- destroy
- devitalize
- dim
- dope
- drown
- dull
- etherize
- exhaust
- freeze
- frustrate
- gas
- hush
- impair
- incapacitate
- injure
- knock out
- KO
- lay out
- lessen
- mute
- numb
- paralyze
- put out of order
- put to sleep
- quieten
- reduce
- repress
- retard
- slow
- smother
- soften
- stifle
- stun
- stupefy
- suppress
- tire
- tone down
- unnerve
- weaken
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