Synonyms for deaden

Most common

muffle · dampen · damp · soothe

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Verb

Antonyms

enliven, reverberate, feel

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

   Routine can deaden one’s enthusiasm.

Forms

Past participle

deadened
e.g. deadened → muffled, dampened, damped, soothed…

Example sentences

• weaken This could profoundly weaken the Algerian economy.
• soothe I'll have to do something to soothe away this pain.
• dampen Benedito used water to dampen the cloth for cleaning.
• muffle Sami used a pillow to muffle the sound of his gun.
• kill He tried to kill himself because he lost her love.
• numb Mark was becoming more and more emotionally numb?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

kill¹, drug¹, dull¹, mute¹, damp¹, numb¹

5 letters

blunt¹, palsy², quell¹, abate², allay²

6 letters

weaken², soften², soothe¹, subdue², stifle², dampen², girdle², muffle², obtund, benumb

7 letters

stupefy

8 letters

moderate³, paralyze³, paralyse, hebetate

10 letters

devitalize, devitalise

11 letters

desensitize⁴, desensitise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (palsy² = 2 syllables).

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