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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deaden \Dead"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened}; p. pr & vb n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf AS d?dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of to blunt; as to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deadening 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" [syn: {boring}, {dull}, {ho-hum}, {irksome}, {slow}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}] n : the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) [syn: {stultification}, {impairment}]
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