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Synonyms for dampen
ˈdæm pəndamp·en
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Princeton's WordNet
stifle, dampenverb
smother or suppress
"Stifle your curiosity"
Synonyms:
asphyxiate, muffle, stifle, mute, moisten, dull, weaken, repress, break, soften, tone down, suffocate, wash, smother, choke, deaden, damp, stranglemoisten, wash, dampenverb
make moist
"The dew moistened the meadows"
Synonyms:
rinse, dull, lave, launder, mute, muffle, moisten, wash out, stifle, weaken, drizzle, soften, lap, wash off, wash, deaden, wash away, damp, tone down, breakmuffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone downverb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Synonyms:
muffle, wash, stifle, mute, pall, numb, moderate, moisten, weaken, benumb, repress, break, soften, tone down, dull, smother, blunt, deaden, damp, tame, strangledampenverb
reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
Synonyms:
stifle, mute, weaken, dull, wash, deaden, muffle, tone down, break, damp, moisten, softendampen, deaden, dampverb
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
"muffle the message"
Synonyms:
stifle, mute, weaken, dull, wash, deaden, muffle, blunt, girdle, tone down, break, damp, moisten, softendampenverb
check; keep in check (a fire)
Synonyms:
stifle, mute, weaken, dull, wash, deaden, muffle, tone down, break, damp, moisten, softendampen, damp, soften, weaken, breakverb
lessen in force or effect
"soften a shock"; "break a fall"
Synonyms:
crack, step down, break away, give way, soften, mince, reveal, give out, unwrap, conk out, part, wash, counteract, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, cushion, muffle, split, give away, damp, smash, dull, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, pause, divulge, buffer, let on, get around, interrupt, wear out, cave in, deaden, break-dance, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, subvert, better, burst, go bad, break off, tone down, disclose, bust, erupt, moisten, relent, recrudesce, undermine, stifle, break dance, go against, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, de-escalate, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, mute, expose, break, moderate, discontinue, intermit, countermine, yield, wear, sabotage
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "dampen":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#207 | part | |
#272 | check | |
#495 | better | |
#555 | give | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1618 | break | |
#1763 | die | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2664 | wear | |
#2995 | discover | |
#3684 | split | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4373 | buffer | |
#4557 | yield | |
#5204 | wash | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5672 | founder | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7124 | reveal | |
#8608 | lap | |
#9001 | breach | |
#9419 | disclose | |
#9876 | burst | |
#9954 | unwrap | |
#10588 | bump | |
#10611 | pause | |
#10713 | bust | |
#11372 | blunt | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#12366 | expose | |
#12446 | cushion | |
#12551 | curb | |
#12746 | violate | |
#13293 | dull | |
#13346 | smash | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#15923 | mute | |
#17827 | undermine | |
#18173 | rinse | |
#18220 | damp | |
#18285 | mitigate | |
#20138 | discourage | |
#21204 | choke | |
#21898 | bankrupt | |
#22808 | discontinue | |
#22879 | tame | |
#23039 | offend | |
#23051 | numb | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#26077 | sabotage | |
#27773 | smother | |
#30385 | soften | |
#34163 | drizzle | |
#35630 | girdle | |
#35818 | pall | |
#36830 | counteract | |
#42688 | divulge | |
#43067 | stifle | |
#50453 | mince | |
#51445 | dampen | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#53129 | erupt | |
#56041 | repress | |
#60869 | strangle | |
#76041 | launder | |
#79573 | lave | |
#82036 | suffocate | |
#87201 | moisten | |
#98708 | transgress | |
#108826 | demote | |
#109022 | relent | |
#109510 | relegate | |
#115405 | muffle | |
#158158 | deaden | |
#318728 | intermit |
How to use dampen in a sentence?
The DAX, an export-driven index, is seeing this euro rally feeding straight through into concerns that it will dampen the export ability of the companies.
The timing of those moves may have been at least partly driven by the dawning realization that not only will the Bank of Canada not move to dampen housing with rate hikes anytime soon, there is the very real risk that they could fuel it further with yet more rate cuts.
What happened yesterday was traumatic, but I refuse to let it dampen my love for the city of Philadelphia or the gem that is FDR Park, the fact is, this type of crime can happen anywhere and to anyone — yesterday it happened to me. Sadly, we know that over the course of the last year or two, since the onset of the pandemic, we have seen a spike in certain crimes across the country, including gun violence and carjacking.
Property developers who specialise in selling to non-dom purchasers may find that the Budget announcements may dampen demand until the details have been fully absorbed.
The Nikkei has been closely reflecting the yen's moves this week so the bit of strengthening we saw in the yen overnight seems to have brought the mood down slightly this morning, but we've also got a three-day weekend coming up in Japan and it's not unusual for that to dampen risk appetite after a long week full of activity.
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