Antonyms for dampen
ˈdæm pəndamp·en

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1. • Check
   • Deaden
   • Soften
   • Weaken

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1. 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, strangle

2. moisten, 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, break

3. muffle, 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, strangle

4. dampenverb

   reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

   Synonyms:
   stifle, mute, weaken, dull, wash, deaden, muffle, tone down, break, damp, moisten, soften

5. dampen, 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, soften

6. dampenverb

   check; keep in check (a fire)

   Synonyms:
   stifle, mute, weaken, dull, wash, deaden, muffle, tone down, break, damp, moisten, soften

7. dampen, 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

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1. dampenverb

   Synonyms:
   moisten, damp, check, repress, restrain, discourage, depress

How to use dampen in a sentence?

1. Sam Khater:

   Mortgage rates rose across all mortgage loan types, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increasing by almost a quarter of a percent from last week, the rise in mortgage rates so far this year has not yet affected purchase demand, but given the fast pace of home price growth, it will likely dampen demand in the near future.

2. Financial Secretary John Tsang:

   Prolonged political bickering is detrimental to public administration and the international image of Hong Kong as a stable, law-abiding and efficient city. It may even dampen investors' confidence in Hong Kong.

3. Mary Gay Scanlon:

   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.

4. Brian Wenzel:

   It will dampen inflation talk, we would prefer that inflation gets tempered and the Delta variant could temper it. That's not the way we want to temper it, of course.

5. Sam Chi Yung:

   The suspension will shut funds out of the markets and further dampen purchasing power.

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