deaden
VERB
/dɛdən/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D
deaden is a valid 6-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2E1A1D2E1N1
2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING
What does deaden mean?
VERB · 7 SENSES
1
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation.
“deaden a sound”
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BROADER
NARROWER
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2
Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
3
Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
4
Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor.
BROADER
RELATED
5
Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil.
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6
Lessen the momentum or velocity of.
“deaden a ship's headway”
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7
Make vapid or deprive of spirit.
“deadened wine”
BROADER
AT THE BOARD
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