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Adjective: deadened  de-d(u)nd
  1. Devoid of physical sensation; numb
    "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth";
    - dead
     
  2. Made or become less intense
    "the deadened pangs of hunger"
Verb: deaden  de-d(u)n
  1. Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigour, force, activity, or sensation
    "deaden a sound";
    - blunt
     
  2. Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigour
    "The conversation deadened as the night wore on"
     
  3. Lessen the momentum or velocity of
    "deaden a ship's headway"
     
  4. Make vapid or deprive of spirit
    "deadened wine"
     
  5. Make vague, obscure or make (an image) less visible
    "They deadened the sound in the recording studio";
    - dampen, damp
     
  6. Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
    "The forester deadened the diseased trees";
    - girdle
     
  7. (chemistry) convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
    "The chemist deadened the mercury to make it safer to handle"

See also: dull, insensitive

Type of: alter, break, change, convert, damp, dampen, incise, modify, retard, soften, weaken