All dulling synonyms

verb dulling

• brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
• roughen — make rough
• callus — A callus is an unwanted area of thick skin, usually on the palms of your hands or the soles of your feet, which has been caused by something rubbing against it.
• coarsen — If something coarsens or is coarsened, it becomes thicker or rougher in texture.
• appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
• palliate — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
• modify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
• quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
• remit — to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
• placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
• pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
• tranquilize — calm sb with drugs
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• wrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
• gag — to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up).
• mellow — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
• silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
• immobilize — to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
• frost — Robert (Lee) 1874–1963, U.S. poet.
• obtund — to blunt; dull; deaden.
• faint — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
• whiten — Make or become white.
• compose — The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
• still — remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.
• console — If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
• solace — comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
• lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
• vary — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
• salve — a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
• divert — to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
• brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
• clam — Clams are a kind of shellfish which can be eaten.
• shush — to order (someone or something) to be silent; hush.
• lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
• overawe — to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate: He often uses that imperious scowl to overawe his subordinates.
• tongue-tie — impeded motion of the tongue caused especially by shortness of the frenum, which binds it to the floor of the mouth.
• defile — To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.
• befoul — to make dirty or foul; soil; defile
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• blot — If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• blemish — A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.