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Deadening

Deadening Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deadening? [n] the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) [adj] so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deadening: boring \| constipation \| dull \| ho-hum \| impairment \| irksome \| slow \| stultification \| tedious \| tiresome \| uninteresting \| wearisome Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deadening: 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 See Also \| debasement \| degradation

Deadening Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deadening?

[n] the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
[adj] so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

See Also | debasement | degradation

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