Meaning of DAMPEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'dampun
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- [v] make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
- [v] lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
- [v] check; keep in check (a fire)
- [v] make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
- [v] smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
- [v] reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
- [v] deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping
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| | Synonyms: | | break, damp, damp, dull, moisten, muffle, mute, soften, stifle, tone down, wash, weaken |
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| | Antonyms: | | excite, stimulate | | |
| | See Also: | | baste, blunt, check, choke, conquer, curb, dampen, deaden, deafen, delay, humidify, inhibit, moisturise, moisturize, retard, soften, stamp down, subdue, suffocate, suppress, wet | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Damp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dampened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Dampening}.]
1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
--The Century.
\Damp"en\, v. i.
To become damp; to deaden. --Byron.
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| | Related Terms: | | abate, abridge, absorb the shock, allay, alleviate, arrest, asperge, assuage, attemper, attenuate, baffle, bank the fire, beat down, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, blunt, bottle up, break the fall, cast down, chasten, check, chill, compress, constrain, control, cool, countercheck, cramp, cripple, curb, curtail, cushion, cut, cut back, cut down, dabble, dam up, damp, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, deaden, deafen, debilitate, decrease, deduct, de-emphasize, deflate, deflect, deject, delay, depreciate, depress, detain, deter, devitalize, dew, diminish, disaffect, discourage, dishearten, disincline, disinterest, dispirit, distract, divert, douche, downgrade, downplay, dull, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, gruel, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, impede, indispose, inhibit, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, irrigate, keep back, keep in check, keep within bounds, knock down, lay, lay low, lenify, lessen, lighten, lower, lower the spirits, meddle, mitigate, moderate, modulate, moisten, muffle, mute, neutralize, obtund, offset, oppose, oppress, paddle, palliate, pare, play down, press down, put off, quench, rattle, reduce, reduce the temperature, repel, repress, resist, restrain, retard, retrench, roll back, sadden, sap, scale down, scotch, set back, shake, shake up, shorten, show consideration, show mercy, show pity, simplify, sink, slacken, slobber, slop, slosh, slow down, smother, snub, sober, sober down, soften, soften the blow, soften up, soft-pedal, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, step down, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, swash, syringe, take from, tame, temper, tone down, tune down, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, unbrace, undermine, underplay, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, water, weaken, wean from, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, wet, wet down |
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