deadening

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deadening  /ˈdɛ də nɪŋ/ ? Meaning of "deadening"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
  2. (adj) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Synonym(s)

impairment, stultification, boring, dull, ho-hum, irksome

Usage(s):

  1. But for a long time the iconic Canto-pop star saw his job in the same way most of us see ours: as a soul-deadening grind.
  2. There is a distrust of the future, a questioning of what is passed off as progress that can be spiritually deadening, even though it may be tactically astute.
  3. Chores sound like character-building fun for men but like soul-deadening drudgery for women.

Quotes

  1. Pointing out that the rapper Mims uses "ho" and worse epithets in his chart-topping song "This Is Why I'm Hot," columnist Michelle Malkin asked: "What kind of relief do we get from this deadening, coarsening, dehumanizing barrage?"
    on Apr 13, 2007 By: Michelle Malkin Source: San Diego Union Tribune

  2. Niven recalled: "I had some bizarre illness. I had to have sex. I think it was my only way of deadening the pain. That and getting drunk, but I preferred sex." "It was a dying man's confession."
    on May 16, 2009 By: David Niven Source: Times Online

  3. IN 1960 Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, wrote: "It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of vast...
    on Jul 23, 2008 By: Jawaharlal Nehru Source: New Scientist (subscription)

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