How to pronounce "deaden"

• "deaden" pronounced in English.

Meanings and definitions of "deaden"

Verb

make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"

Synonyms:

• dampen
• deaden
• damp

Verb

cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"

Synonyms:

• girdle
• deaden

Verb

make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"

Synonyms:

• deaden

Verb

lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"

Synonyms:

• deaden

Verb

become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

Synonyms:

• deaden

Verb

make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

Synonyms:

• deaden
• blunt

Verb

convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

Synonyms:

• deaden