Associations to the word «Dampener»

Wiktionary

DAMPENER, noun. A device that moistens or dampens something.
DAMPENER, noun. (figurative) A discouraging event or remark.

Dictionary definition

DAMPENER, noun. A device that dampens or moistens something; "he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them".

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery