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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 big picture is that policy makers are doing everything they can do to dampen expectations that the yuan will depreciate much.
Giving Ceballos home incarceration and Baduel parole are positive gestures the government is making that can dampen some criticism, of course the elephant in the room is the incarceration of Leopoldo Lopez but the government does not appear willing to cede on that point for the time being.
Millions of people are staring at a wall of expiring support programs, such as the pandemic unemployment insurance and eviction protection, which dampen the brightness of the incoming holiday season, while we see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel with upcoming vaccines, there is still a big question around whether Congress can come to terms on a new stimulus package to help the country recover from the current economic downturn.
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.
Finance Minister Aso stated strongly that sudden yen strength or weakness is bad and that Japan has the means to intervene, he also attempted to alter market expectations that US opposition will prevent Japan from intervening. Overall, the comments do not significantly change our view that direct intervention to dampen yen strength remains unlikely in the near-term.
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