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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
deadening
adj 1: 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, deadening, dull, ho-hum,
irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome]
n 1: the act of making something futile and useless (as by
routine) [syn: stultification, constipation,
impairment, deadening]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
deadening \dead"en*ing\ adj. [p. pr. of verb deaden[3].]
Rendering less lively, intense, or vigorous; as, the
deadening effect of some routine tasks.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; as,
the deadening effect of some routine tasks.
Syn: boring, dreary, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome,
wearisome.
[WordNet 1.5]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Deaden \Dead"en\ (d[e^]d"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened
(d[e^]d"'nd); 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.
[1913 Webster]
As harper lays his open palm
Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.
--Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to
deaden a ship's headway.
[1913 Webster]
3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
[1913 Webster]
4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to
deaden gilding by a coat of size.
[1913 Webster]
5. To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to
deafen.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
deadening \dead"en*ing\ n.
The act of making something futile and useless (as by
routine).
Syn: stultification, impairment.
[WordNet 1.5]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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