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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb dampen has 7 senses

• dampen(v = verb.change) stifle - smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
is one way to conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s something

• dampen(v = verb.change) moisten, wash - make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
is one way to wet
Derived forms noun dampener₁, noun dampening₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• dampen(v = verb.perception) damp, dull, muffle, mute, tone down - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping; Array
is one way to soften
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• dampen(v = verb.change) Array - reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves); Array
is one way to weaken
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• dampen(v = verb.change) damp, deaden - make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
is one way to break, damp, dampen, soften, weaken
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• dampen(v = verb.change) Array - check; keep in check (a fire); Array
is one way to check, delay, retard
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s something

• dampen(v = verb.change) break, damp, soften, weaken - lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
is one way to blunt, deaden
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

dampen

abate, abridge, absorb the shock, allay, alleviate, arrest, asperge, assuage, attemper, attenuate, baffle, bank the fire, beat down, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, blunt, bottle up, break the fall, cast down, chasten, check, chill, compress, constrain, control, cool, countercheck, cramp, cripple, curb, curtail, cushion, cut, cut back, cut down, dabble, dam up, damp, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, de-emphasize, deaden, deafen, debilitate, decrease, deduct, deflate, deflect, deject, delay, depreciate, depress, detain, deter, devitalize, dew, diminish, disaffect, discourage, dishearten, disincline, disinterest, dispirit, distract, divert, douche, downgrade, downplay, dull, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, gruel, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, impede, indispose, inhibit, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, irrigate, keep back, keep in check, keep within bounds, knock down, lay, lay low, lenify, lessen, lighten, lower, lower the spirits, meddle, mitigate, moderate, modulate, moisten, muffle, mute, neutralize, obtund, offset, oppose, oppress, paddle, palliate, pare, play down, press down, put off, quench, rattle, reduce, reduce the temperature, repel, repress, resist, restrain, retard, retrench, roll back, sadden, sap, scale down, scotch, set back, shake, shake up, shorten, show consideration, show mercy, show pity, simplify, sink, slacken, slobber, slop, slosh, slow down, smother, snub, sober, sober down, soft-pedal, soften, soften the blow, soften up, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, step down, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, swash, syringe, take from, tame, temper, tone down, tune down, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, unbrace, undermine, underplay, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, water, weaken, wean from, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, wet, wet down

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