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dampen (verb)

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  • dampen — ► VERB 1) make damp. 2) make less strong or intense. DERIVATIVES dampener noun …   English terms dictionary

  • dampen — verb (T) 1 to make something slightly wet 2 dampen sb s enthusiasm/spirits to make people feel less confident, happy, or enthusiastic: The accident had done nothing to dampen his competitive spirit. dampen sth down phrasal verb (T) to damp… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • dampen — was once regarded as an Americanism, but is now established as a variant of damp (verb) in BrE, especially in figurative uses: • Everyone ignored the snow that had failed to dampen the impact of John F. Kennedy s brilliant oratory Jeffrey Archer …   Modern English usage

  • dampen — I verb abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, chasten, chill, constrain, control, cool, cushion, deaden, decrease, deject, depress, deter, diminish, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, dull, lessen, mitigate, moderate, modulate, muffle, mute,… …   Law dictionary

  • dampen — UK US /ˈdæmpən/ verb [T] ► to make something less strong or successful: »The outlook for the global economy looked gloomy, and dampened expectations of a rise in profits that quarter. »Rising raw material costs dampened profits for many… …   Financial and business terms

  • dampen — verb Dampen is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cloth, ↑enthusiasm, ↑mood, ↑speculation, ↑spirit, ↑vibration …   Collocations dictionary

  • dampen — verb 1) the rain dampened her face Syn: moisten, damp, wet, dew, water; literary bedew Ant: dry 2) nothing could dampen her enthusiasm Syn: lessen, decrease …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • dampen — verb 1) the rain dampened her face Syn: moisten, damp, wet, soak 2) nothing could dampen her enthusiasm Syn: lessen, decrease, diminish, reduce, moderate, cool, suppress …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • dampen — verb (dampened; dampening) Date: 1547 transitive verb 1. to check or diminish the activity or vigor of ; deaden < the heat dampened our spirits > 2. to make damp < the shower barely dampen …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dampen — verb a) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus. b) To… …   Wiktionary

  • dampen — verb 1》 make damp. 2》 make less strong or intense.     ↘reduce the amplitude of (a sound source). Derivatives dampener noun …   English new terms dictionary

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