deadened

Meanings

• Adjective

  Losing sensation or feeling; numb.

  - "The patient's hand was deadened after the surgery."
  - "The cold weather deadened my fingers."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with deadened
dried , tide , hide , tide , side

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Variants

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deaden , deadened , deadener , deadeners , deadening , deadeningly , deadens

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'dead' or 'inanimate', but now used to describe the loss of sensation or feeling.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'deadened' comes from the Old English word 'deaden', meaning 'to make dead'.

2. Deadened is a past participle and can also be used as an adjective to describe something that has lost feeling or sensation.

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Related Concepts

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1. Anesthesia: The deliberate use of medications to deaden sensation and feeling during medical procedures.

2. Numbness: A feeling of insensitivity or loss of sensation in a part of the body.

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Culture

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In literature, 'deadened' has been used to describe characters who have lost the ability to feel emotion or empathy, such as in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.

How to Memorize "deadened"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a hand that has lost all feeling and sensation, unable to move or respond.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'deadened' with the feeling of being unable to feel or move.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the word 'dead' and add the suffix '-ened' to remember the meaning.

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