deadened Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
   deaden; damp; dampen.
   
   • muffle the message
2. verb cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
   girdle; deaden.
   
   • girdle the plant
3. verb make vapid or deprive of spirit
   deaden.
   
   • deadened wine
4. verb lessen the momentum or velocity of
   deaden.
   
   • deaden a ship's headway
5. verb become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
   deaden.
   
6. verb make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
   deaden; blunt.
   
   • Terror blunted her feelings
   • deaden a sound
7. verb convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
   deaden.
   
8. adjective satellite devoid of physical sensation; numb
   dead.
   
   • his gums were dead from the novocain
   • she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
   • a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities
9. adjective satellite made or become less intense
   
   • the deadened pangs of hunger

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