DEADENED Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

deadened 1 of 2

adjective

as in anesthetized

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verb

past tense of deaden

as in undermined

to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality an excess of detail deadens much of the mystery novel's suspense

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as in reduced

to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling a couple of aspirins deadened the headache

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Exposing the dental pulp and cleaning out the cavity’s contents also would have deadened the nerves and blood vessels there, leading to pain relief, Zubova said. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 May 2026 Merrill had the same impulse—the need to become a self not necessarily free of all that money could buy but not crippled or deadened by it, either. — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026

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Adjective

Direct evidence on the mole-rat brain response to isopropyl myristate came from functional ultrasound imaging, a technique that tracks blood flow non-invasively in an anesthetized animal.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Future research could help clinicians guide the anesthetized brain toward a sleep-like state, rather than a coma-like one.

— Lucy Nemchek, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2026

Definition of anesthetized

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Dynastic rivalries, regional rebellions, economic disruption, and the demographic effects of the Black Death all undermined imperial authority.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
Both had worked for large commercial IRBs in the past, and felt that the profit motive undermined the mission.

— Angus Chen, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of undermined

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That tariff rate was later reduced to 15% when the two sides agreed on a trade deal, but uncertainty remains about the stability of that agreement and how imports of certain European goods, such as steel, will be taxed by Washington.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Traffic on the critical waterway, through which one-fifth of global crude oil typically flows, has reduced to a trickle since the war started in February.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of reduced

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Joel Sicon Porix, who was part of a road repair crew, was killed Monday when an allegedly drugged driver barreled onto the sidewalk in Nesconset.

— Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Green and Jacob — a Philly detective and a Mayfield, NJ patrolman, respectively — both have hazy recollections of being drugged.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of drugged

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The ultimate effect of Fedorov appeal to everyone’s better angels, is that Zelensky is weakened, the questions of his electoral legitimacy amplified, and the call for an end to the war bolstered.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Positions have hardened, trust has weakened and the room for quiet resolution has narrowed.

— Sean Pattwell, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of weakened

Adjective

The man hugged a bag, the woman shouted and flailed her arms, and the young teenage boy pulled at his sister, who seemed stupefied.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.

— Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of stupefied

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Both Republicans and Democrats can be found at weekend car-wash fundraisers or local public library potlucks, and members of both parties say they are exhausted by politics or too busy with multiple jobs to volunteer.

— Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026
Cinema has lately exhausted the emotional mileage of the Ukraine–EU border, but one wittily choreographed setpiece involving the couple’s border crossing finds in transition an ingenious point of convergence between gender and geography.

— Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

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