English-Thai Dictionary

deaden

VT ทำให้ อ่อนแอ  ทำให้ ชา  ขาด ชีวิตชีวา  ตาย  lessen blunt brighten enliven tam-hai-orn-air

 

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PHRV ทำให้ ชา เพราะ (ปกติ ใช้ รูป  passive voice ทำให้ ไร้ความรู้สึก เพราะ  tam-hai-cha-phro

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEADEN

v.t.ded'n. 1. To deprive of a portion of vigor, force or sensation; to abate vigor or action; as, to deaden the force of a ball; to deaden the natural powers or feelings.
2. To blunt; to render less susceptible or feeling; as, to deaden the motion of a ship or of the wind.
3. To retard; to lessen velocity or motion; as, to deaden the motion of a ship or of the wind.
4. To diminish spirit; to make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine or beer.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEADEN

Dead "en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened; p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening.]Etym: [From Dead; cf. AS. d to kill, put to death. See Dead, a.]

 

1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.

 

As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. Longfellow.

 

2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.

 

3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.

 

4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

 

DEADENER

DEADENER Dead "en *er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deaden

dead en |ˈdedn ˈdɛdn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (a noise or sensation ) less intense: ether was used to deaden the pain. • deprive of the power of sensation: diabetes can deaden the nerve endings. • deprive of force or vitality; stultify: the syllabus has deadened the teaching process | (as adj. deadening ) : a deadening routine. • make (someone ) insensitive to something: laughter might deaden us to the moral issue. DERIVATIVES dead en er noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

deaden

dead ¦en |ˈdɛd (ə )n | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (a noise or sensation ) less strong or intense: ether was used to deaden the pain. • deprive of the power of sensation: diabetes can deaden the nerve endings. • deprive of force or vitality; stultify: the syllabus has deadened the teaching process | (as adj. deadening ) : a deadening routine. • make (someone ) insensitive to something: laughter might deaden us to the moral issue. DERIVATIVES deadener noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

deaden

deaden verb 1 surgeons tried to deaden the pain: numb, dull, blunt, suppress; alleviate, mitigate, diminish, reduce, lessen, ease, soothe, relieve, assuage, kill. ANTONYMS intensify. 2 the wood paneling deadened any noise: muffle, mute, smother, stifle, dull, dampen; silence, quieten, soften; cushion, buffer, absorb. ANTONYMS amplify. 3 laughing might deaden us to the moral issue: desensitize, numb, anesthetize; harden (one's heart ), toughen, inure. ANTONYMS sensitize.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

deaden

deaden verb 1 surgeons used ether to deaden the pain: numb, stifle, dull, blunt, suppress; alleviate, mitigate, moderate, weaken, diminish, reduce, decrease, lessen, palliate, abate, ease, soothe, relieve, assuage, subdue, take the edge off, get rid of, put an end to. ANTONYMS intensify. 2 the wood panelling deadened any noise from outside: muffle, mute, smother, stifle, dull, damp, damp down, tone down, hush, silence, quieten, soften, cushion, blanket, buffer, absorb. ANTONYMS amplify. 3 laughing at the joke might deaden us to the moral issue: desensitize, render insensitive, make insensitive, numb, benumb, anaesthetize; harden, toughen, harden someone's heart. ANTONYMS sensitize.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

deaden

dead en /déd (ə )n /動詞 他動詞 1 〈苦痛 〉を和らげる, 弱める ; 〈音 〉を低くする .2 〈壁など 〉を防音にする .自動詞 弱まる, 消える, 死滅する .