Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deadening

/dˈɛdənɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: dead-en-ing
IPA: /dˈɛdənɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of deaden

noun

The process by which something is deadened.

noun

A forest clearing created by girdling the trees.

Example Sentences

"Until, of course, the war and its aftermath came to lay their deadening hand on all railway progress."
"So, how are we going to persuade the current government that command-and-control is a deadening leadership style which can never deliver the financial results of a liberated rail industry?"
"The structural theory doesn't only focus on the negations, repressions, disavowals, and deadenings of the ego in the face of its encounters within and without."

Inflected Forms

deadenings (plural)

Synonyms

boring dull ho-hum irksome slow tedious tiresome wearisome

Questions

How do you pronounce deadening?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɛdənɪŋ/.
What does deadening mean?: present participle and gerund of deaden

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