Adjective: deadened de-d(u)nd
- Devoid of physical sensation; numb
"she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth";
- dead
- Made or become less intense
"the deadened pangs of hunger"
- Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigour, force, activity, or sensation
"deaden a sound";
- blunt
- Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigour
"The conversation deadened as the night wore on"
- Lessen the momentum or velocity of
"deaden a ship's headway"
- Make vapid or deprive of spirit
"deadened wine"
- Make vague, obscure or make (an image) less visible
"They deadened the sound in the recording studio";
- dampen, damp
- Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
"The forester deadened the diseased trees";
- girdle
- (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