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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: deadening (0.03950 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to deadening.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: deaden
menghilangkan, mengurangi, meredamkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: deadening
deadening
adj : so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;
“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”- Edmund Burke;
“tedious days on the train”;
“the tiresome chirping of
a cricket”- Mark Twain;
“other people's dreams are
dreadfully wearisome” [syn:
boring,
dull,
ho-hum,
irksome,
slow,
tedious,
tiresome,
wearisome]
n : the act of making something futile and useless (as by
routine) [syn:
stultification,
constipation,
impairment]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: deadening
deadening
\dead"en*ing\ 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
\dead"en*ing\ n.
The act of making something futile and useless (as by
routine).
Syn: stultification, impairment.
[WordNet 1.5]
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