Synonyms for dampen
ˈdæm pən

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1. stifle, dampen(verb)

   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, dampen(verb)

   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 down(verb)

   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. dampen(verb)

   reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

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

5. dampen, deaden, damp(verb)

   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. dampen(verb)

   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, break(verb)

   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. dampen(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   moisten, damp

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1. List of paraphrases:

   discourage, curb, mitigate

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