Deadened has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of deaden
Adjective
1
devoid of physical sensation; numb
"his gums were dead from the novocain"
"she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"
"a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
2
made or become less intense
"the deadened pangs of hunger"
Example Sentences
"his gums were dead from the novocain"
adjective
"she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"
adjective
"a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
adjective
"the deadened pangs of hunger"
adjective