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- Dictionarydampen/ˈdamp(ə)n/
verb
- 1. make slightly wet: "the fine rain dampened her face" Similar Opposite
- 2. make less strong or intense: "nothing could dampen her enthusiasm" Similar Opposite
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DAMPENED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of dampen 2. to make something slightly wet: 3. to make…. Learn more.
to make something less strong or successful: The outlook for the global economy looked gloomy, and dampened expectations of a rise in profits that quarter.
1. : to check or diminish the activity or vigor of : deaden. the heat dampened our spirits. 2. : to make damp. the shower barely dampened the ground. 3. : damp sense 1c. intransitive verb. 1. : to become damp. 2. : to become deadened or depressed. dampener. ˈdamp-nər. ˈdam-pə- noun. Synonyms. bedew. damp. moisten.
Define dampened. dampened synonyms, dampened pronunciation, dampened translation, English dictionary definition of dampened. v. damp·ened , damp·en·ing , damp·ens v. tr. 1. To make damp. 2. To deaden, restrain, or depress: "trade moves ... aimed at dampening protectionist...
To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense. Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm. [VERB noun] I hate to dampen your spirits but aren't you overlooking a couple of minor points. [VERB noun] Synonyms: reduce, check, moderate, dash More Synonyms of dampen.
From Science News. When you’re sensing something from internally, then it dampens down processing of external signals. From Quanta Magazine. Influenza, for example, dampens each enough to replicate and move to another host, but not so much that a person can’t eventually clear the infection. From Science News.
dampen. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English damp‧en /ˈdæmpən/ verb [ transitive] 1 to make something slightly wet SYN moisten 2 (also dampen down British English) to make something such as a feeling or activity less strong The light rain dampened the crowd’s enthusiasm.
dampen something to make something such as a feeling or a reaction less strong None of the setbacks could dampen his enthusiasm for the project. She wasn't going to let anything dampen her spirits today. See dampen in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: dampen.
dampen something to make something such as a feeling or a reaction less strong. None of the setbacks could dampen his enthusiasm for the project. She wasn't going to let anything dampen her spirits today. See dampen in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: dampen.
Using a towel will dampen it in the sense of getting it wet, but dampening goes beyond things that are damp (wet). Bad news will dampen your mood, bringing it down. Boxing gloves dampen the force of punches because they cushion the blows. Anything dampened has been weakened and brought down a notch.
