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Meaning dampen meaning

What does dampen mean?

dampen

— verb (= stifle) smother or suppress Stifle your curiosity — verb (= moisten) make moist The dew moistened the meadows — verb check; keep in check (a fire) — verb make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible muffle the message — verb (= soften, break) lessen in force or effect soften a shock break a fall — verb reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) — verb (= muffle) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

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dampen English » English

moisten damp wet muffle wash humidify mute deaden weaken stifle make wet water soften soak irrigate dull discourage tone down spoil slake quench moisturize moist make damp douse depress break worsen wash out unbrace turn out turn off to become damp throw a damper on take away switch off swamp swallow suppress suffocate subside stub strangle stay sprinkle with water sprinkle spray spong sop snuff out

Topics dampen topics

What do people use dampen to talk about?
Universe, creation Water

Wet

Conjugation dampen conjugation

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dampen · verb

Examples dampen examples

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Simple sentences

Not even you can dampen my spirits right now!

Movie subtitles

I beg the good omens I've had through the week to counter the spell of the spirits. who seek to dampen the wishes I've knotted in yarn or darken the luck of pulley-bone's charm.
I ask nothing of you. I came here in the spirit of bright good will and I won't let you dampen it.
Punishment does not dampen their ardor, rather it increases their wrath.
In return for your blood he will send down rain to dampen our ever- thirsting land!
It must've been buried under enough dirt to dampen the effects.
But nothing is going to dampen the spirit of this holiday crowd, I can tell you that.
Uh, look, um, l-l-I don't want to dampen your spirits, Jadzia but I told you before you were married that from a medical point of view it wouldn't be easy for a Trill and a Klingon to have a child.
We need to dampen the field by at least 50 percent.
Can we dampen it a little?
I've modified the chamber to emit a harmonic wave form that will dampen the molecules.
I'm afraid the gravity field will dampen the effects of the explosion.
We dampen our life signs to protect the privacy of our meditations.
Tom figured that if we dampen the photonic ambiance and enhance.
Enough to dampen the soil or it'll lose its colour.
I came here in the spirit of bright good will and I won't let you dampen it.
Nice of the boys to dampen you down, sir.
We don't want his broken bones to dampen the festivities.
I wandered past the cafes, half-empty due to the rain, one of those fine rains which dampen one's spirits as well as one's clothes.
I didn't want to dampen the festivities.
I don't mean to dampen your spirits, Lieutenant Columbo. but the fact thatJennifer has a tape of Atomic Man. - doesn't prove she played it the night of the murder.
I'm sorry to dampen your enthusiasm. but that was Sandra Rusk on the telephone just now.
Doesn't this gang war dampen the city's plans for the 200th anniversary festival?
And I am not gonna dampen his enthusiasm with little details.
Look, I don't want to dampen your spirits, Jadzia, but. I told you before that, medically, it wouldn't be easy for a Trill and a Klingon to have a child.
No, I want to dampen the shock!
You just told me to dampen it.
Let's not let our predicament dampen our spirits.
It had to be able to release trace amounts of lead into my bloodstream to dampen my abilities.
What it did was augment the sound, rather than dampen it.
If you have come to dampen the mood.
Boggis, clear this out. Dampen it down.
I don't want to dampen your new adventures in Daddyland, but you can't keep letting Lux skip school.

News and current affairs

A weakening US economy and the strengthening Euro will dampen European exports.
Use of America's vast strategic oil reserve will dampen world oil prices for a time, but when all is said and done, once hostilities with Iraq start, oil prices will shoot up.
Some countries face the growing risk of near-perpetual belt-tightening, which would further dampen growth and thus keep debt ratios high.
Although these policies have undoubtedly helped residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods, they have not been sufficiently ambitious to dampen resentment.
The main question NMD poses is not how to prepare for a future world of missile defense but how to dampen today's political concerns.
The increased indebtedness of households is already leading to higher bankruptcy rates, and will likely dampen the recovery.
But what many commentators fail to note is that China's regulatory authorities took action to try to dampen prices over the last six months of the run-up.
They are finding themselves forced to shift their own rhetoric and attitude in order to dampen their defense of policies viewed as pro-American or US-inspired, and to stiffen their resistance to Washington's demands and desires.
High oil prices will dampen global growth in the remainder of 2004 and into 2005.
High oil prices are set to dampen economic performance in the rest of the world as well, although growth prospects look better than in the US.
An emerging panic seems certain to dampen today's strong growth.
The task of social workers and police, therefore, is to try to resolve - quickly and discreetly - each particular incident, in order to dampen the revolt.
Indeed, one virtue of democracy is its ability to dampen violent tendencies.
Right now, I cast my vote for the latter, especially since the huge debt legacy is likely to dampen enthusiasm for the big stimulus that is required.
If inflation continued, the country's real exchange rate would appreciate, the demand for its exports would fall, unemployment would increase, and that would dampen wage and price pressures.
In the next few months, it will become clear whether European policymakers can compromise and implement reforms that dampen the threat of a eurozone breakup.
The financial crisis and recession may dampen the rise of FDI protectionism, as countries seek capital to shore up local firms and increase investment to help them promote economic recovery.
While no individual issue is overwhelming yet, together they could serve to dampen economic activity and the proper functioning of markets.
After all, a psychological telling of the story of our moral development provides no basis for encouraging us to dampen one natural inclination and nurture another.

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