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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: deadening, -deadening-
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CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
deadening
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
deadening

adj. [ p. pr. of verb deaden{ 3 }. ] Rendering less lively, intense, or vigorous; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks.
Syn. -- boring, dreary, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

deadening

n. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine).
Syn. -- stultification, impairment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

WordNet (3.0)
boring(adj) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain, Syn. tiresome, irksome, dull, ho-hum, slow, wearisome, tedious, deadening, Example: a boring evening with uninteresting people; the deadening effect of some routine tasks; a dull play; his competent but dull performance; a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention; what an irksome task the writing of long letters is; tedious days on the train; the tiresome chirping of a cricket; other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
stultification(n) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine), Syn. constipation, impairment, deadening

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
abstumpfen; betäuben; unempfindlich machen | abstumpfend | abgestumpftto deaden | deadening | deadened [Add to Longdo]
abtöten | abtötend | abgetötet | tötet ab | tötete abto deaden | deadening | deadened | deadens | deadened [Add to Longdo]
schalldämmend; schalldämpfend; schallschluckend { adj }sound-absorbing; sound-deadening [Add to Longdo]

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