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Definition of Deadening
1. Noun. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine).
Generic synonyms: Debasement, Degradation
Derivative terms: Deaden, Deaden
2. Adjective. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. "Other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
Similar to: Uninteresting
Derivative terms: Boringness, Dullness, Tediousness, Tedium, Tedium, Tiresomeness
Definition of Deadening
1. Verb. (present participle of deaden) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deadening
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadening
Literary usage of Deadening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"Forge for the deadening process, c. Furnace for the same. и. ... Cask in which
the pieces of gilded brass are plunged for the deadening process. ..."
2. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"deadening-MATERIALS IN GENERAL. At this point it is deemed best to describe the
more common materials used for deadening, that is, for absorbing and ..."
3. Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States by Ralph Clement Bryant (1913)
"The deadening of trees reduces the water content of the boles and renders them
lighter in weight. It is seldom resorted to with most species, because those ..."
4. Modern Philanthropy: A Study of Efficient Appealing and Giving by William Harvey Allen (1912)
"Without defending the dead hand I want to recall two facts: (1) that what is
really objected to is not the deadness of the hand, but the deadening effect ..."
5. Recollections of Life in Ohio: From 1813-1840 by William Cooper Howells (1895)
"In that part of the country where the oak—mostly white oak—prevailed, the land
was all cleared by the process of "deadening": that is, the small stuff was ..."
6. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"Meat Eating Cannot Be Condemned as deadening the Moral Faculties.—A stock argument
of radical vegetarians is that meat eating deadens the moral ..."
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