deadening
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
Types & categories
- degradation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a boring evening with uninteresting people
Related & opposite
- dullness derivation
- insipidity derivation
- tediousness derivation
- tedium derivation
- uninteresting similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blunt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deaden |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | degradation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dullness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insipidity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tediousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tedium |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | uninteresting |