deadening

Meanings

Plural: deadenings

Noun

• the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
• The process by which something is deadened.
• A forest clearing created by girdling the trees.

Verb

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
• cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
• make vapid or deprive of spirit
• lessen the momentum or velocity of
• become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
• make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
• convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
• present participle and gerund of deaden

Adjective Satellite

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain
  • "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"

Synonyms

blunt, boring, constipation, damp, dampen, deaden, dull, girdle, ho-hum, impairment, irksome, slow, stultification, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

Antonyms

enliven

Anagrams of deadening