Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb deaden
1 of 7 senses of deaden
Sense 6
deaden, blunt
=> obtund
=> petrify
=> dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb deaden
1 of 7 senses of deaden
Sense 6
deaden, blunt
=> obtund
=> petrify
=> dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
=> deafen
Entailment of verb deaden
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb deaden
7 senses of deaden
Sense 1
dampen, muffle, mute, deaden, damp, tone down
=> hush, quieten, silence, still shut up hush up
Sense 2
girdle, deaden
=> incise
Sense 3
deaden
=> change, alter
Sense 4
deaden
=> retard
Sense 5
deaden
=> change
Sense 6
deaden, blunt
=> change, alter
Sense 7
deaden
=> convert
Familiarity of verb deaden
deaden used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 7)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb deaden
Sense 1
dampen, muffle, mute, deaden, damp, tone down
=> hush, quieten, silence, still shut up hush up
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Sense 2
girdle, deaden
=> incise
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Sense 3
deaden
=> change, alter
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Sense 4
deaden
=> retard
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Sense 5
deaden
=> change
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Sense 6
deaden, blunt
=> change, alter
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Sense 7
deaden
=> convert
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Grep of noun deadening
deadening
Overview of noun deadening
The noun deadening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. stultification, impairment, deadening -- (the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine))
Overview of verb deaden
The verb deaden has 7 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) dampen, muffle, mute, deaden, damp, tone down -- (quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible)
2. girdle, deaden -- (cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients)
3. deaden -- (make vapid or deprive of spirit: "deadened wine")
4. deaden -- (lessen the momentum or velocity of "deaden a ship's headway")
5. deaden -- (become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor)
6. deaden, blunt -- (make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound")
7. deaden -- (convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil)
Overview of adj deadening
The adj deadening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome -- (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")
Antonyms of adj deadening
1 sense of deadening
Sense 1
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
INDIRECT (VIA uninteresting) -> interesting
Similarity of adj deadening
1 sense of deadening
Sense 1
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
=> uninteresting (vs. interesting)
Attributes of adj deadening
Familiarity of adj deadening
deadening used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Grep of adj deadening
deadening
Overview of noun deadening
The noun deadening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. stultification, impairment, deadening -- (the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine))
Overview of verb deaden
The verb deaden has 7 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) dampen, muffle, mute, deaden, damp, tone down -- (quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible)
2. girdle, deaden -- (cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients)
3. deaden -- (make vapid or deprive of spirit: "deadened wine")
4. deaden -- (lessen the momentum or velocity of "deaden a ship's headway")
5. deaden -- (become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor)
6. deaden, blunt -- (make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound")
7. deaden -- (convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil)
Overview of adj deadening
The adj deadening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome -- (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")
deadening definition
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