deadening verb
dead·en·ing
The verb form of deadening is deaden
D dDefinitions
- verb with object deadening to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken: to deaden sound; to deaden the senses; to deaden the force of a blow. 1
- verb with object deadening to lessen the velocity of; retard: to deaden the headway of a ship. 1
- verb with object deadening to make impervious to sound, as a floor. 1
- verb without object deadening to become dead. 1