deadening in English

verb

1

make (a noise or sensation) less intense.

ether was used to deaden the pain

synonyms: numb, dull, blunt, suppress, alleviate, mitigate, diminish, reduce, lessen, ease, soothe, relieve, assuage, kill, muffle, mute, smother, stifle, dull, dampen, silence, quieten, soften, cushion, buffer, absorb

noun

impairment, constipation, stultification

adjective

boring
boring, irksome, dull, wearisome, tiresome, tedious, slow, ho-hum

verb

numb, muffle, desensitize, blunt, damp, girdle
numb, dull, blunt, suppress, alleviate, mitigate, diminish, reduce, lessen, ease, soothe, relieve, assuage, kill
muffle, mute, smother, stifle, dull, dampen, silence, quieten, soften, cushion, buffer, absorb
desensitize, numb, anesthetize, harden (one's heart), toughen, inure
blunt
damp, dampen
girdle

Use "deadening" in a sentence

1. Repetition is considered to be deadening, boring, thoughtless.

2. 17 Repetition is considered to be deadening, boring, thoughtless.

3. 6 All too often they become enmeshed in deadening routines.

4. Synonyms for Blunting include dulling, numbing, dampening, deadening, softening, weakening, calming, cooling, sapping and tempering

5. What does Analgesia mean? A deadening or absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness

6. Synonyms for Anesthetizing include deadening, freezing, numbing, putting out, putting to sleep, putting under, sedating, knocking out, doping and benumbing

7. How is it that we allow the majority of people on the planet to do work that is monotonous, meaningless and soul-deadening?

8. In reality, instead of deadening the body’s members “as respects sexual immorality, uncleanness, [and] uncontrolled sexual passion,” masturbation arouses them. —Colossians 3:5.

9. "The force of a mini ball or piece of shell striking any solid portion of a person is astonishing; it comes like a blow from a sledge hammer, and the recipient finds himself sprawling on the ground before he is conscious of being hit; then he feels about for the wound, the Benumbing blow deadening sensation for a few moments.