deadening

Speech parts

1. deadening - Noun

2. deadening - Verb

4. deadening - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Deaden

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

slow impairment dull boring tedious tiresome constipation irksome wearisome stultification reduction ease suppress alleviate mitigate
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

rising interesting emerging breathing awakening restorative
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

degradation debasement

Phrases with the word

deadening barrier

Examples

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset Maugham

I am wary of the whole dreary deadening structured mess that we have built into such a glittering top-heavy structure that there is nothing left to see but the glitter, and the brute routines of maintaining it. John D. MacDonald

Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit. Dorothea Lange

No rising star in the political firmament ever shone more brightly than Oswald Mosley, none promised more surely to soar to the heavens – and none fell to earth with so deadening a thud. Never were such rich talents so wretchedly squandered. Never did success turn to failure so inscrutably. Oswald Mosley

Parents, teachers, government - they all teach you how to live the dreary, deadening life of a slave, but nobody teaches you how to live normally. Ryu Murakami

Believe in no triumph which is won by the deadening of human faculty or the dwarfing of human life. Strive for truth and love, not for victory. John Lancaster Spalding

Close letter words and terms

deadender deadened deadener deadening barrier deadeningly deadenosylate