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Desensitized or numb to any feeling, sensation or emotion
“After enduring years of emotional abuse, she became completely deadened to any form of love or affection.”
Low in volume
Having had too much of something
Like, resembling, or suggestive of, death or the dead
Past tense for to decrease or reduce in feeling or strength
“I had to take double doses of painkillers to deaden the pain in my back.”
Past tense for to render less intense, severe or lively
“The dull day had turned into a dark evening, but the weather couldn't deaden the excitement and hope they felt for Martha's future.”
Past tense for to muffle or soften the sound of
“It is much easier to design a quiet machine than to absorb or deaden the noise a machine produces.”
Past tense for to deprive of physical sensation or feeling
“When you accidentally get shampoo or perfume in your mouth, the taste lasts for hours and seems to deaden your sense of taste for the bast part of a day.”
Past tense for to deprive of emotional or intellectual life, energy or vitality
“Other stimulants deaden the intellectual faculties and excite the passions.”
Past tense for to use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible
Past tense for to decompose, typically due to being affected by gangrene or necrosis
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