Associations to the word «Dampening»
Noun
- Joy
- Response
- Moss
- Bombardment
- Failure
- Depression
- Sentiment
- Alcohol
- Tension
- Neuron
- Finger
- Remove
- Demand
- Analyst
- Effect
- Impact
- Desire
- Hostility
- Frequency
- Pile
- Breeze
- Output
- Thread
- Increase
- Curiosity
- Export
- Economy
- Sack
- Availability
- Fabric
- Liberal
- Investment
- Tissue
- Hope
- Plate
- Decrease
- Ability
- Stroke
- Limb
- Energy
- Price
- Transaction
- Balance
- Pain
- Pressure
- Mechanism
- Heat
Adverb
Wiktionary
DAMPEN, verb. (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
DAMPEN, verb. (transitive) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
DAMPEN, verb. (intransitive) To become damp; to deaden.
DAMPEN DOWN, verb. (transitive) to reduce the intensity of (a fire)
DAMPEN DOWN, verb. (transitive) to reduce the intensity of (an emotion or problem)
DAMPEN OFF, verb. (transitive) to become damp
Dictionary definition
DAMPEN, verb. Smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity".
DAMPEN, verb. Make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows".
DAMPEN, verb. Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.
DAMPEN, verb. Reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves).
DAMPEN, verb. Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message".
DAMPEN, verb. Check; keep in check (a fire).
DAMPEN, verb. Lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.