Synonyms for deaden
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ded-n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛd n |
Top 10 synonyms for deaden Other synonyms for the word deaden
- cushion
- damp
- dampen
- depress
- deprive
- destroy
- devitalize
- dim
- dope
- drown
- dull
- etherize
- exhaust
- freeze
- frustrate
- gas
- hush
- 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
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for deaden
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