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View definitions for deadened

deadened

adjective as in benumbed

adjective as in dead

adjective as in deadly

adjective as in insensitive

adjective as in muffled

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Example Sentences

Food was strictly rationed and curfews deadened the late nights.

The talk between them rarely touched reality, as though a barrier deadened their very voices.

The grass had deadened the sound of approaching footsteps and the boy rose hastily.

Fortunately, her way was deadened, and as I came up I seized the sheet, and with the general's assistance scrambled on board.

All was as still as the grave; the roar of the busy city-life deadened by the heavy atmosphere and cushioned earth.

His impulse is to be chivalrous, for chivalry is not regulated by income nor deadened by pennilessness.

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On this page you'll find 257 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to deadened, such as: asleep, insensible, insensitive, unresponsive, and wooden.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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