deaden
verb (used with object)
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken.
deadened
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past participleof deaden.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof deaden.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
deadenverb (used with object)to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken.
Example Sentences
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For others, stop-start has deadened the joy of driving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
I certainly think it's made me a more appreciative one, especially coming out of winter — a season where my senses inevitably feel a little deadened after marching through a procession of gray, sunless days.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2023
It’s pleasant to type on, thanks to each key’s even and clear sound signature, lacking ping or hollowness — though some may find it overly deadened.
From The Verge ● Aug. 30, 2022
Perhaps it’s the Rawlings baseballs, which were slightly deadened this year in a change MLB said an independent lab found would cause balls to fly 1 to 2 feet shorter when hit over 375 feet.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2021
The snow deadened his careful footsteps, over the smaller rocks, over the low thicket of leafless bushes.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
