The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NUMBS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2018.
Deadens crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NUMBS | 33 % | 5 |
| DAMPS | 33 % | 5 |
| BENUMBS | 11 % | 7 |
| DULLS | 11 % | 5 |
| OBTUNDS | 6 % | 7 |
| MUTES | 6 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Deadens
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- muffle
- blunt
- mute
- tone down
- dampen
- damp
- girdle
- night
- numbs
- dulls
- stimulates
- dampens
Crossword Answer definitions
NUMBS verb- To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).
- To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.
- To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.
- To become numb (especially physically).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NUMBS
- Dulls
- Causes loss of feeling
- Deadens
- Anesthetizes
- Injects with Novocain
- Robs of feeling
- Puts ice on, maybe
- Uses an icepack on
- Ices, maybe
- Uses lidocaine on
More clues leading to the result DAMPS
- Wets
- Tends to the furnace
- Moistens
- Lightly wets
- Gets a little water on
- Deadens
- Makes wet
- Deadens, as a piano string
- Extinguishes a fire
- Soft-pedals?
More clues leading to the result BENUMBS
More clues leading to the result DULLS
- Becomes blunt
- Makes blunt
- Muffles
- Deadens
- Makes less sharp, as a blade
- Numbs, as senses
- Loses sharpness
- Numbs
- Washes out
- Takes the edge off