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Causing a loss of force, vitality, or enthusiasm

Depriving one of feeling or responsiveness

Inducing or relating to insensitivity to pain

Lacking in interest or excitement

The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent

The restraint or repression of an idea or activity, or of feelings or reactions

Pain management

The action or fact of indulging in, or gratifying, one's wishes or desires

Present participle for to decrease or reduce in feeling or strength

Present participle for to render less intense, severe or lively

Present participle for to muffle or soften the sound of

Present participle for to deprive of physical sensation or feeling

Present participle for to deprive of emotional or intellectual life, energy or vitality

Present participle for to decompose, typically due to being affected by gangrene or necrosis

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Adjective

Causing a loss of force, vitality, or enthusiasm

“A deadening routine.”

Adjective

Depriving one of feeling or responsiveness

desensitising^UK

desensitizing^US

anaesthetizing^UK

anaesthetising^UK

anesthetizing^US

Adjective

Inducing or relating to insensitivity to pain

tranquilizing^US

tranquillising^UK

tranquillizing^UK

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Adjective

Lacking in interest or excitement

run-of-the-mill

dull as dishwater

lacking excitement

lacking interest

lacking variation

lacking variety

no great shakes

nothing to write home about

undistinguished

middle-of-the-road

common or garden

soul-destroying

run of the mill

nothing special

dull as ditchwater

undemonstrative

non-stimulating

run-of-the-mine

nothing to get excited about

unexceptionable

straightforward

inconsequential

devoid of emotion

fair-to-middling

fair to middling

unprepossessing

unsophisticated

lacking in vitality

demoralizing^US

unobjectionable

standardized^US

conventionalized

without variety

devoid of feeling

flat as pancake

demoralising^UK

puts one to sleep

blending into the background

run-of-the mill

behind the times

not amounting to much

in the doldrums

par for the course

neither one thing nor the other

lacking vitality

two-dimensional

unextraordinary

standardised^UK

anesthetized^US

middle of the road

nothing out of the ordinary

incomprehensible

anaesthetised^UK

of little consequence

of little importance

of no consequence

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no great concern

readily available

widely available

uncompassionate

desensitized^US

along for the ride

desensitised^UK

pure and simple

uncommunicative

lacking originality

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Noun

The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent

peace-mongering

tranquillization

bread and circuses

bread and games

tranquilization

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Noun

The restraint or repression of an idea or activity, or of feelings or reactions

keeping under control

self-possession

unresponsiveness

self-containment

uncommunicativeness

self-discipline

self-government

self-consciousness

stand-offishness

unapproachability

keeping in check

unwillingness to open up

self-effacement

strength of will

unassertiveness

lack of confidence

psychological block

mental blockage

standoffishness

unpretentiousness

down-to-earthness

lack of pretension

unobtrusiveness

unostentatiousness

dispassionateness

cold-heartedness

disinterestedness

emotionlessness

lack of self-confidence

undemonstrativeness

unforthcomingness

lack of emotion

lack of sympathy

lack of understanding

unconcernedness

antisocial nature

flirtatiousness

lack of response

touch-me-not attitude

self-abnegation

inferiority complex

hardheartedness

uninterestedness

lack of interest

lack of concern

lack of involvement

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Noun

Pain management

pain management

Noun

The action or fact of indulging in, or gratifying, one's wishes or desires

Verb

Present participle for to decrease or reduce in feeling or strength

taking the edge off

putting an end to

taking the sting out

tranquilizing^US

tranquillising^UK

putting a damper on

taking the bite out

keeping in check

putting a stop to

putting the lid on

anesthetizing^US

putting damper on

desensitizing^US

putting a lid on

desensitising^UK

anaesthetising^UK

making less intense

holding in check

interfering with

cracking down on

keeping under control

clamping down on

anaesthetizing^UK

making inactive

rendering insensible

making less sensitive

reducing the force of

reducing the effect of

keeping it down

decreasing the volume

meeting halfway

taking pressure off

protecting against

getting under control

safeguarding against

defending against

shielding against

making less active

putting to rest

bringing to screeching halt

putting the kibosh on

nipping in the bud

keeping a rein on

quietening down

ratcheting down

settling one's nerves

getting control of

making peace with

neutralizing^US

neutralising^UK

getting a grip on

clearing the air

taking the heat off

bringing respite to

bringing an end to

taking load off

making cutbacks in

taking a load off

making something bearable

bringing aid to

making less bright

becoming weaker

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“I had to take double doses of painkillers to deaden the pain in my back.”

Verb

Present participle for to render less intense, severe or lively

taking the edge off

taking the sting out

ratcheting down

putting a lid on

growing smaller

becoming smaller

taking the bite out

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“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.”

Verb

Present participle 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.”

Verb

Present participle for to deprive of physical sensation or feeling

desensitising^UK

desensitizing^US

anaesthetising^UK

anesthetizing^US

anaesthetizing^UK

tranquillising^UK

tranquilizing^US

rendering insensitive

making insensitive

immobilizing^US

immobilising^UK

knocking senseless

making unfeeling

hardening your heart

putting to sleep

knocking unconscious

rendering insensible

making unconscious

making insensible

rendering unconscious

making powerless

rendering powerless

depriving of sensation

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“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.”

Verb

Present participle for to deprive of emotional or intellectual life, energy or vitality

putting a damper on

throwing cold water on

pouring cold water on

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

knocking sideways

knocking the stuffing out of

knocking for six

weighing heavily on

making someone fed up

giving someone the blues

discountenancing

taking steam out

casting a gloom upon

making despondent

breaking someone's heart

causing suffering to

reducing to tears

bringing tears to your eyes

dampening spirits

making desolate

harshing someone's mellow

making dispirited

making dejected

making crestfallen

making downhearted

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“Other stimulants deaden the intellectual faculties and excite the passions.”

Verb

Present participle for to decompose, typically due to being affected by gangrene or necrosis

becoming gangrenous

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