(derogatory) A lazy and/or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support. / A person who defaults on debts.

(of an instrument) having a damped needle that stops without oscillation / defaulting on one's debts / defeated or exhausted / (derogatory) lazy or irresponsible / dead tired

The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.

A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.

(intransitive) To cause or come to a deadlock.

(Catholicism) The cardinal sins enumerated by Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century: pride (or vanity), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth, and wrath (or anger).

simple past tense and past participle of deaden

present participle of deaden

The process by which something is deadened. / A forest clearing created by girdling the trees.

(transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle. / (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself). / (transitive) To make soundproof.