DEADENED Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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To help pay for its tax cuts, the act reduced Medicaid payments by a trillion dollars over the next decade, though it was designed to delay the full impact of the cuts until 2027, after this year’s elections.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
The agency reduced service earlier this year and has proposed more cuts in recent board meetings.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduced

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His record includes work concerning drunk and drugged driving, criminal sentencing, public safety, the rights of victims and the administration of the courts.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2026
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

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Lower-ticket maintenance items have held steadier in sales, which can help to prop up the top line, but the per-store productivity weakened even where top-line sales looked flat, Graff said.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
The region’s long investment in coal and steel became a trap once the economic basis for those industries weakened.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of weakened

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None of this ever accumulates much weight, however, since the conflicts are all dulled by the one-note absurdity of the farcical plotting.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Then there is smell, dulled by our reliance on artificial fragrance; and sound, overwhelmed by notification pings.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of dulled

Adjective

Certain men have reportedly watched CCTV footage of their stupefied selves inexplicably helping their robbers gut their apartments of possessions.

— Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of stupefied

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In fact, even before the show actually starts, Bob can be exhausted, having been awake since some ridiculous hour.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Shapiro eventually concedes that good-faith developers are at the Homer City campus, something that earns a broad smile from Steffee, exhausted by the politics.

— Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

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