Deaden

Definition:

  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
  • (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
  • (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

Compare deaden with other words:

deaden vs. deafen

deaden vs. leaden

deaden vs. numb

deaden vs. deadener

deaden vs. mortify

deaden vs. smother

deaden vs. diminish

deaden vs. lively

benumb vs. deaden

deaden vs. fossilize

deaden vs. muffle

deaden vs. pug

deaden vs. obtund

deaden vs. obtuse

dead vs. deaden