'Dampen' definitions:
Definition of 'dampen'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
verb
Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down]
verb
Reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
verb
Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" [syn: dampen, deaden, damp]
verb
Check; keep in check (a fire)
verb
Definition of 'Dampen'
From: GCIDE
- Dampen \Damp"en\ (d[a^]mp"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. dampened (d[a^]mp"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. dampening.]
- 1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. [1913 Webster]
- In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. --The Century. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dampen'
From: GCIDE
- Dampen \Damp"en\, v. i. To become damp; to deaden. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dampen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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