deadening
Definitions
Noun
- The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
Verb
- Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
- Make vapid or deprive of spirit
- Lessen the momentum or velocity of
- Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
- Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "deadening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drinking | 2 | 48 |
| 2 | deciding | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | drifting | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | defining | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | devoting | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | dazzling | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | designing | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | directing | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | dividing | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | doubling | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | drafting | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | denoting | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | desiring | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | advancing | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | debating | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | damaging | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | defeating | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | diluting | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | dismaying | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | diverting | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | dabbling | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | deserving | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | discerning | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | auditioning | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | deceiving | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | decrying | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | deepening | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | defacing | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | delighting | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | deluding | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | deploying | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | devising | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | diverging | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | divining | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | donating | 3 | 1 |
| 36 | deafening | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | debasing | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | debugging | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | decoding | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | dekoning | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | deleting | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | demeaning | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | denuding | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | derailing | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | deriding | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | deserting | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | detailing | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | detaining | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | deterding | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | devouring | 4 | 0 |
| 51 | doctoring | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | dogearing | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | domoling | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | doomsaying | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | drenching | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | dumpling | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | dwarfing | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | idolizing | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "deadening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depending | 3 | 32 |
| 2 | demanding | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | defending | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | weakening | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | darkening | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | gardening | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | decanting | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | maddening | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | weaning | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | leavening | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | degrading | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | deepening | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | dampening | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | deafening | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | dreading | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | deaden | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | saddening | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | hardening | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | detaining | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | demeaning | 3 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "deadening" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "deadening" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "deadening".
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Definitions: 8
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 58
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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