deadening

deadening
Synonyms and related words:
abatement, abating, allaying, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, alleviative, analgesia, analgesic, anesthesia, anesthetic, anesthetizing, anodyne, appeasement, assuagement, assuaging, assuasive, attenuation, attrition, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, blunting, calming, cathartic, chastening, cleansing, cushioning, dampening, damping, debilitation, demulcent, demulsion, devitalization, dilution, diminishing, diminishment, diminution, dulcification, dulling, ease, easement, easing, effemination, emollient, enervation, enfeeblement, evisceration, exhaustion, extenuation, falling-off, fatigue, hushing, inanition, languishment, leniency, lenitive, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, lulling, mitigating, mitigation, mitigative, modulation, mollification, narcotic, numbing, pacification, pain-killing, palliation, palliative, purgative, quietening, quieting, reducing, reduction, relaxation, relaxing, relief, relieving, remedial, remedy, remission, salving, slackening, softening, soothing, stunning, stupefying, subduement, subduing, tempering, thinning, tranquilization, weakening

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • deadening — dead en*ing adj. [p. pr. of verb {deaden}[3].] Rendering less lively, intense, or vigorous; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks. [WordNet 1.5] 2. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; as, the deadening effect of some… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deadening — dead en*ing n. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine). Syn: stultification, impairment. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deadening — index abatement (extinguishment), mollification, narcotic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • deadening — [ded′ n iŋ] n. material used to make rooms soundproof …   English World dictionary

  • deadening — [[t]de̱d(ə)nɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A deadening situation destroys people s enthusiasm and imagination. She soon became bored with what she felt was the deadening routine of her life …   English dictionary

  • Deadening — Deaden Dead en (d[e^]d n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened} (d[e^]d nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deadening — I noun the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) • Syn: ↑stultification, ↑constipation, ↑impairment • Derivationally related forms: ↑deaden • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • deadening — noun Date: circa 1874 material used to soundproof walls or floors …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • deadening — /ded n ing/, n. 1. a device or material employed to deaden or render dull. 2. a device or material preventing the transmission of sound. 3. a woodland in which the trees are killed by girdling prior to being cleared. [1775 85; DEADEN + ING1] * *… …   Universalium

  • deadening — n. soundproofing material or device; numbing substance dead·en || dedn v. diminish, alleviate; anesthetize, numb; make less lively; become dead; kill; make soundproof; make vapid, deprive of alcohol (such as wine) …   English contemporary dictionary

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