Word: deadenings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
ade
nings
Definition: Plural of deadening; so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; - Edmund Burke; - Mark Twain
Morphemes:
Affix: dead
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).