DAMPEN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DAMPEN?

Need another word that means the same as “dampen”? Find 32 synonyms and 30 related words for “dampen” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dampen” are: moisten, wash, break, damp, soften, weaken, stifle, dull, muffle, mute, tone down, deaden, wet, dew, water, irrigate, humidify, lessen, decrease, diminish, reduce, lower, moderate, damp down, put a damper on, throw cold water on, calm, cool, chill, blunt, temper, discourage

Dampen as a Verb

Definitions of "Dampen" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dampen” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves.
• Make moist.
• Reduce the amplitude of (a sound source.
• Make slightly wet.
• Check; keep in check (a fire.
• Make less strong or intense.
• Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.
• Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible.
• Smother or suppress.
• Lessen in force or effect.
• Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity.

Synonyms of "Dampen" as a verb (32 Words)

blunt	Make dull or blunt. The edge may blunt very rapidly.
break	Break down literally or metaphorically. She put out an arm to break her fall.
calm	Make calm or still. I took him inside and tried to calm him down.
chill	Make cool or cooler. They like to get home have a bath and chill out.
cool	Make cool or cooler. Cool the pastry for five minutes.
damp	Make a fire burn less strongly by reducing the flow of air to it. Concrete structures damp out any vibrations.
damp down	Restrain or discourage.
deaden	Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil. Deadened wine.
decrease	Decrease in size extent or range. The population of the area has decreased radically.
dew	Moisten with drops of liquid. Sweat dewed her lashes.
diminish	Cause to seem less impressive or valuable. The pain will gradually diminish.
discourage	Deprive of courage or hope take away hope from cause to feel discouraged. We want to discourage children from smoking.
dull	Make dull in appearance. Albert s eyes dulled a little.
humidify	Increase the level of moisture in (air. The plants humidify and cool the air in hot weather.
irrigate	Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams. Irrigate the wound.
lessen	Wear off or die down. The years have lessened the gap in age between us.
lower	Make lower or quieter. Lower expectations.
moderate	(especially in the Presbyterian Church in Scotland) act as a moderator; preside. The dependability of an examining system rests on those who set moderate and mark the papers.
moisten	Moisten with fine drops. She moistened her lips with the tip of her tongue.
muffle	Wrap or cover for warmth. The soft beat of a muffled drum.
mute	Muffle the sound of a musical instrument especially by the use of a mute. His professional contentment was muted by personal sadness.
put a damper on	Adapt.
reduce	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. Ordinary soldiers are reduced to begging.
soften	Make or become less severe. Her expression softened at the sight of Diane s white face.
stifle	Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen. She stifled a giggle.
temper	Make more temperate acceptable or suitable by adding something else. Temper steel.
throw cold water on	Move violently, energetically, or carelessly.
tone down	Change to a color image.
wash	Wash or flow against. An oil slick washed up on the beaches.
water	Give a drink of water to an animal. The smell of frying bacon made Hilary s mouth water.
weaken	Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of. The prisoner s resistance weakened after seven days.
wet	Make one s bed or clothes wet by urinating. He wetted a finger and flicked through the pages.

Usage Examples of "Dampen" as a verb

• Nothing could dampen her enthusiasm.
• Slider switches on the mixers can dampen the drums.
• The fine rain dampened her face.

Associations of "Dampen" (30 Words)

absorb	Take control of (a smaller or less powerful entity) and make it a part of a larger one. A black star absorbs all matter.
absorbent	Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc. Absorbent kitchen paper.
aqueous	Like water; watery. An eerie aqueous light.
dampness	The state or condition of being slightly wet. The dampness in the air.
dank	Unpleasantly damp and cold. Dank rain forests.
deaden	Deprive of the power of sensation. Deadened wine.
drench	Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. Cool patios drenched in flowers.
drizzle	Light rain falling in very fine drops. When it drizzles in summer hiking can be pleasant.
fog	An opaque mass of particles in the air. A whirling fog of dust.
humid	Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere. A hot and humid day.
jungle	A wild tangled mass of vegetation or other things. The lakes are hidden in dense jungle.
macerate	Become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking. Macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar.
marshland	Land consisting of marshes. Thousands of acres of marshland.
moist	(of a climate) rainy. The moist fertile soil.
moisten	Moisten with fine drops. The dew moistened the meadows.
moisture	Water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour, within a solid, or condensed on a surface. The air was constantly heavy with moisture.
moisturize	Make (more) humid. Revitalize your face moisturize your skin.
muddy	Cause to become muddy. Some sentences are so muddy that their meaning can only be guessed.
rain	Falls of rain. He fell under the rain of blows.
saturate	A saturated fat. As far as the heart is concerned saturates are considered the main enemy.
saturated	Denoting fats containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules without double bonds considered to be less healthy in the diet than unsaturated fats. Saturated hydrocarbons.
soak	Fill soak or imbue totally. I m looking forward to a long soak in the bath.
soaked	Extremely wet; saturated. He got absolutely soaked in the rain.
sodden	Wet through and through; thoroughly wet. A whisky sodden criminal.
sop	A thing of no great value given or done as a concession to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met. My agent telephones as a sop but never finds me work.
sponge	Soak up with a sponge. He edged closer clearly intending to sponge money from her.
wane	Grow smaller. Interest in his novels waned.
wash	Wash or flow against. He washed the dirt from his coat.
weaken	Lessen in force or effect. His resistance had weakened.
wet	Make one s bed or clothes wet by urinating. I could feel the wet of his tears.