Hyphenation of deadening

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word deadening? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

dead-en-ing

Definitions of deadening:

1.	The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
2.	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

Synonyms of deadening:

adj	boring, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, uninteresting
noun	stultification, constipation, impairment, degradation, debasement

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