dead-end
- s lacking opportunities for development or advancement
stuck in a dead-end job
dead-on
- s accurate and to the point
a dead-on feel for characterization
She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott
deadened
- v make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- v cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
- v make vapid or deprive of spirit
deadened wine - v lessen the momentum or velocity of
- v become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- v make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
- v convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- s devoid of physical sensation; numb
she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth - s made or become less intense
the deadened pangs of hunger
deadening
- n the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
- v make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- v cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
- v make vapid or deprive of spirit
- v lessen the momentum or velocity of
- v become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- v make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
- v convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- s so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
deadlocked
- s at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits