Definitions for deadening

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deadening dead·en·ing

Spelling: [ded-n-ing]

IPA: /ˈdɛd n ɪŋ/

Deadening is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 187 anagrams from letters in deadening (addeeginn).

Definitions for deadening

noun

1. a device or material employed to deaden or render dull.
2. a device or material preventing the transmission of sound.
3. a woodland in which the trees are killed by girdling prior to being cleared.

verb (used with object)

1. to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken:
2. to lessen the velocity of; retard:
3. to make impervious to sound, as a floor.

verb (used without object)

1. to become dead.

Origin of deadening

First recorded in 1775-85; deaden + -ing¹

Examples for deadening

His ambitions were already sullied by many unworthy and deadening ideas.

I remember now how deadening their look was, in their very lustre and moveless calm.

Hired as a mechanic, he would soon find himself behind the wheel, yet “he found oval racing a deadening merry-go-round.”

What was it about Martin, she wondered afresh, that had held her through all these deadening years?

One of its legs caught Garnache on the sword arm, deadening it for a second.

Yes, many of those jobs are poorly paid and deadening, agreed and acknowledged.

Deeper grew the deadening of his ears, and orientation was lost.

Its recurring phrase is now the deadening, argument-stifling “As a mom,” cited frequently by Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd.

Their influence is deadening, and, if strong enough, kills as surely as a bullet.

I think perfect agreement must be rather monotonous and deadening.