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Antonyms for dampen
ˈdæm pəndamp·en

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  1. 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, strangle

  2. moisten, 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, break

  3. muffle, 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, strangle

  4. dampenverb

    reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

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

  5. dampen, 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, soften

  6. dampenverb

    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, 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 Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dampenverb

    Synonyms:
    moisten, damp, check, repress, restrain, discourage, depress

How to use dampen in a sentence?

  1. Sam Chi Yung:

    The suspension will shut funds out of the markets and further dampen purchasing power.

  2. 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.

  3. Choi Kyung-hwan:

    We ask for people not to be over-sensitive so as not to dampen economic activities.

  4. Gary Richards:

    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.

  5. George Raitu:

    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.

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