deaden
verb /ˈdedn/
/ˈdedn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deaden | /ˈdedn/ /ˈdedn/ |
| he / she / it deadens | /ˈdednz/ /ˈdednz/ |
| past simple deadened | /ˈdednd/ /ˈdednd/ |
| past participle deadened | /ˈdednd/ /ˈdednd/ |
| -ing form deadening | /ˈdednɪŋ/ /ˈdednɪŋ/ |
- deaden something to make something such as a sound, a feeling, etc. less strong synonym dull
- He was given drugs to deaden the pain.
- The wood panelling in the rooms deadened any noise from outside.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDeaden is used with these nouns as the object:- pain