Deadening synonyms
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The definition of boring is something for making holes.
Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
(Dated, US, Canada) Boring; not interesting or novel.
Disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.
Allowing movement or action only at a low speed:
Full of tedium; long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring
Annoying; irksome
Causing physical or mental fatigue; tedious or tiresome.
The state of being stultified.
Difficult, incomplete, or infrequent evacuation of dry hardened feces from the bowels.
(Accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
To encircle with a belt.
To soundproof.
To dull the edge of (a knife, for example).
To make or become weak or weaker
To subdue is defined as to gain control over someone or something or to calm or quiet someone or something.
To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
To put off; to postpone.
To repress is to suppress something such as a thought, feeling or emotion.
In a quiet manner
Petrify is to change organic matter into something stone like, or to cause extreme fear.
To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic.
To cause to become numb.
Muffle is defined as to wrap or cover for protection, to keep warm or make quiet.
The definition of lessen is to diminish or to cause something to be diminished or reduced.
Incapacitate is defined as to make a person or thing unable to do something.
To kill or damage by exposure to cold
Diminish is defined as to make something seem smaller or less important.
To deprive of vitality, make lifeless, weaken.
To take away the sensitivity of; make less sensitive
To deaden the mind, will, or feelings of
To soften or muffle the sound of (a musical instrument, etc.) as with a mute
To grow dim
To lose energy or strength; grow weary:
(Chemistry) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether.
To damage or impair.
(Psychol.) To prevent from gratifying certain impulses or desires, either conscious or unconscious
(Psychiatry) to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
To kill by cutting off the supply of air from; suffocate; smother; choke
To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion.
Depress is defined as to press down, make unhappy or less valuable.
To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug. [from 16th c.]
To treat chemically with gas.
In a slow manner or at a slow speed; slowly
The definition of impair is to hinder or weaken something.
enlivening (antonym)
To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
animating (antonym)
Animate is defined as to bring to life.
increasing (antonym)
Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
building (antonym)
To increase in amount, force, etc.; grow or intensify
strengthening (antonym)
(Intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.
invigorating (antonym)
To give life or energy to.
revitalizing (antonym)
To revitalize is to make something new or bring it back to life.
softening (related)
To undermine or reduce the strength, morale, or resistance of.
decreasing (related)
To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
drugging (related)
To stupefy with or as with a drug
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