Deaden
verb
To make something weaker, less effective, or less intense.
He played white noise in the background to deaden the loud sounds from outside.
verb
To make a feeling or sensation less strong.
I take medication to deaden the pain in my joints.
verb
To reduce the sound, vibration, or shock produced by an object.
They added insulation to the walls to deaden the noise.
verb
To make something less lively or enthusiastic.
The boring lecture seemed to deaden the entire crowd's mood.
Usage tips
General, Academic
verb
To make something weaker, less effective, or less intense.
He played white noise in the background to deaden the loud sounds from outside.
verb
To make a feeling or sensation less strong.
I take medication to deaden the pain in my joints.
verb
To reduce the sound, vibration, or shock produced by an object.
They added insulation to the walls to deaden the noise.
verb
To make something less lively or enthusiastic.
The boring lecture seemed to deaden the entire crowd's mood.
Usage tips
General, Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weakening
Used metaphorically to describe a reduction in emotional force or enthusiasm.
The constant rejection seemed to deaden his spirit.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Total Loss
'Deaden' suggests a decrease, not a complete disappearance of sensation or quality.
The heavy curtains could only deaden the sunlight, not block it out completely.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weakening
Used metaphorically to describe a reduction in emotional force or enthusiasm.
The constant rejection seemed to deaden his spirit.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Total Loss
'Deaden' suggests a decrease, not a complete disappearance of sensation or quality.
The heavy curtains could only deaden the sunlight, not block it out completely.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weakening
Used metaphorically to describe a reduction in emotional force or enthusiasm.
The constant rejection seemed to deaden his spirit.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Total Loss
'Deaden' suggests a decrease, not a complete disappearance of sensation or quality.
The heavy curtains could only deaden the sunlight, not block it out completely.
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Video examples
Jason Silva on Use It or...
neuro plasticity of the brain and that we can design certain experiments that kind of exercise certain cognitive faculties when you think outside the box you see the world a new habit and routine if deadening you become blind anything that's always around thinking inside the box means thinking out of
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The danger of science...
It's not even an idea; it's a process. It's a process, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but the idea that we should not allow science to do its job because we're afraid, is really very deadening, and it's preventing millions of people
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The danger of science...
it's not a country it's not even an idea it's a process it's a process and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but the idea that we should not allow science to do its job because we're afraid is really very deadening
Video examples
Jason Silva on Use It or...
neuro plasticity of the brain and that we can design certain experiments that kind of exercise certain cognitive faculties when you think outside the box you see the world a new habit and routine if deadening you become blind anything that's always around thinking inside the box means thinking out of
Video examples
The danger of science...
It's not even an idea; it's a process. It's a process, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but the idea that we should not allow science to do its job because we're afraid, is really very deadening, and it's preventing millions of people
Video examples
The danger of science...
it's not a country it's not even an idea it's a process it's a process and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but the idea that we should not allow science to do its job because we're afraid is really very deadening
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Quote examples
George T. Conway III
American Lawyer
Trump's narcissism deadens any ability he might otherwise have had to carry out the duties of a president in the manner the Constitution requires. He's so self-obsessed, he can only act for himself, not for the nation. It's why he was impeached, and why he should have been removed from office.
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Subramanian Swamy
Indian Politician
Jayalalithaa was brutalised from the age of 16 in the cinema world. She therefore bears a psychotic pleasure in humiliating people as she was humiliated. She was deadened to normal human emotions.
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Phil Harris
American Musician
The way they had the room that I was in set up, there was some sort of sound deadening platform that I had to stand on in order to get close enough to the microphone.
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Terry Kath
American Musician
About the only other thing I'd want would be a wider neck. My fingers are so fat that sometimes I deaden the string next to the one I'm fretting.
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Robert Bork
American Public Servant
A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable.
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Chris Pine
American Actor
I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.
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W. Somerset Maugham
British Playwright
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
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Darren Shan
Irish Author
I have music on when I write. I don't like the isolation otherwise and find the silence deadening.
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Alexander Berkman
Russian Writer
War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.
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Dorothea Lange
American Photographer
Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.
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George T. Conway III
American Lawyer
Trump's narcissism deadens any ability he might otherwise have had to carry out the duties of a president in the manner the Constitution requires. He's so self-obsessed, he can only act for himself, not for the nation. It's why he was impeached, and why he should have been removed from office.
Quote examples
Subramanian Swamy
Indian Politician
Jayalalithaa was brutalised from the age of 16 in the cinema world. She therefore bears a psychotic pleasure in humiliating people as she was humiliated. She was deadened to normal human emotions.
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Phil Harris
American Musician
The way they had the room that I was in set up, there was some sort of sound deadening platform that I had to stand on in order to get close enough to the microphone.
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Terry Kath
American Musician
About the only other thing I'd want would be a wider neck. My fingers are so fat that sometimes I deaden the string next to the one I'm fretting.
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Robert Bork
American Public Servant
A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable.
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Chris Pine
American Actor
I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.
Quote examples
W. Somerset Maugham
British Playwright
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
Quote examples
Darren Shan
Irish Author
I have music on when I write. I don't like the isolation otherwise and find the silence deadening.
Quote examples
Alexander Berkman
Russian Writer
War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.
Quote examples
Dorothea Lange
American Photographer
Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.
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