deaden meaning and definition

DEADEN verb

Definition of deaden (verb)

1. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
   • "muffle the message"
   • synonyms: damp, dampen
2. cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
   • "girdle the plant"
   • synonyms: girdle
3. make vapid or deprive of spirit
   • "deadened wine"
4. lessen the momentum or velocity of
   • "deaden a ship's headway"
5. become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
6. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
   • "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
   • synonyms: blunt
   • antonym: animate
7. convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil