| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
| Synonyms: | KO, abate, alleviate, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, etherize, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken |
| Antonyms: | animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | cushion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pad, protect from blow |
| Synonyms: | bolster, buttress, cradle, dampen, deaden, insulate, muffle, pillow, seclude, soften, stifle, support, suppress |
| Main Entry: | dampen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spoil spirits |
| Synonyms: | allay, check, chill, cloud, cool, curb, dash, deaden, deject, depress, diminish, discourage, dismay, dispirit, dull, humble, inhibit, moderate, muffle, mute, restrain, stifle |
| Antonyms: | brighten, encourage, hearten, inspirit, uplift |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent, cold |
| Synonyms: | anesthetized, apathetic, asleep, boring, callous, deadened, dull, flat, frigid, glazed, inert, insensitive, insipid, lukewarm, numb, numbed, paralyzed, senseless, spiritless, stagnant, stale, still, tasteless, torpid, unfeeling, uninteresting, unresponsive, vapid, wooden |
| Antonyms: | active, animated, interested, live, living, responsive, spirited, warm |
| Main Entry: | deadly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ghostly |
| Synonyms: | ashen, corpselike, dead, deadened, deathful, deathlike, deathly, ghastly, pallid, wan, white |
| Notes: | deadly means causing or capable of causing death while deathly means having the physical appearance of death |
| Antonyms: | lively |
| Main Entry: | desensitize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dull |
| Synonyms: | anesthetize, benumb, deaden, make inactive, make less sensitive, numb, render insensible |
| Main Entry: | dope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drug someone |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, anesthetize, deaden, debase, inject, knock out, load, narcotize, put to sleep, sedate, soak, sophisticate, stupefy |
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put under influence of medication |
| Synonyms: | analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope up, dope*, dose, dose up, fix, hit, knock out, medicate, narcotize, numb, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat |
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having little effect on senses |
| Synonyms: | aside, bated, bland, bleached, blurred, breathless, deadened, deep, delicate, dim, distant, dull, dusty, faded, faltering, far-off, feeble, gentle, hazy, hoarse, hushed, ill-defined, imperceptible, inaudible, indistinct, lenient, light, low, low-pitched, mild, moderate, muffled, murmuring, muted, muttering, obscure, out of earshot, padded, pale, piano, quiet, remote, shadowy, slight, smooth, soft, softened, soothing, stifled, subdued, tenuous, thin, unclear, vague, wan, weak, whispered |
| Antonyms: | clear, distinct, heavy, loud, strong |