Deadens Synonyms and Antonyms

Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. mutes
  2. muffles
  3. stifles
  4. dampens
  5. dulls
  6. dims
Antonyms:
  1. increases
  2. animates
  3. builds
  4. strengthens
  5. enlivens

Words Related to Deadens

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Deadens Sentence Examples

  • The sawdust adapts it self to the rough shape of the concrete, and deadens the blow to some extent.

  • Although the term can refer to any drug that deadens sensation or produces stupor, it is commonly applied to the opioids-that is, to all natural or synthetic drugs that act like morphine.

  • One small species appears in immense numbers with the oncoming of the rainy season, and at night the noise of its outcry almost deadens other sounds.

  • At the bottom of the vertical leg from the goods-pan there is also a projecting piece which is attached to the top of a vertical piston rod, the piston of which plays in a dash-pot of glycerin as the beam sways, and deadens the vibrations of the index arm.

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