Definition of deadenings Deadenings

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Adjective
deadening - 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"
		boring, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
		uninteresting characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative; "institutional food"
Noun
deadening - the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
		stultification, constipation, impairment
		debasement, degradation changing to a lower state (a less respected state)