deadening
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Is deadening a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)Synonyms: constipation, deadening, impairment, stultification
verb (English)
1. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visibleExamples: "muffle the message"Synonyms: damp, dampen, deaden
2. cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrientsExamples: "girdle the plant"Synonyms: deaden, girdle
3. make vapid or deprive of spiritExamples: "deadened wine"Synonyms: deaden
4. lessen the momentum or velocity ofExamples: "deaden a ship's headway"Synonyms: deaden
5. become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigorSynonyms: deaden
6. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensationExamples: "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"Synonyms: blunt, deadenAntonyms: enliven
adjective satellite (English)
1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark TwainExamples: "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome
Definition source: Wiktionary