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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?
Investor sentiment was undoubtedly hurt by the margin trading news despite CSRC saying they did not intend to dampen the stock market, i expect the market to be quite volatile in the near term although over the longer term, it is still a bull market.
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.
Oil prices are likely to keep falling due to slower Chinese growth and because the years of prices above $100 before the recent plunge were 'abnormal' historically, i would not be surprised if the price falls to as low as around $20... It is purely due to supply and demand. There is a ceiling for oil because high energy prices dampen economic growth.
If you take general patterns too seriously, and try to be attractive to every girl, you will dampen or eliminate a trait of yours that may be intensely attractive to one girl.
The suspension will shut funds out of the markets and further dampen purchasing power.
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