Synonym: deaden, depress, discourage, dull, moisten, muffle, mute, smother, sprinkle, suppress, wet. Similar words: damping, hamper, compendium, compensate, impending, impenitent, compensation, compensate for. Meaning: ['dæmpən] 
v. 1. smother or suppress 2. make moist 3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping 4. reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) 5. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible 6. check; keep in check (a fire) 7. lessen in force or effect.
v. 1. smother or suppress 2. make moist 3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping 4. reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) 5. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible 6. check; keep in check (a fire) 7. lessen in force or effect. 
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1. Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm.
2. The very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.
3. I always dampen shirts before ironing them.
4. Even the rain failed to dampen his irrepressible spirits.
5. Nothing you can say will dampen her enthusiasm.
6. Raising interest rates might dampen the economy.
7. I didn't want to dampen his spirits.
8. This weather would dampen anyone's enthusiasm for swimming.
9. A string of defeats has failed to dampen the team's spirits.
10. None of the setbacks could dampen his enthusiasm for the project.
11. The spaceship's jets were fired periodically to dampen a side-to-side pendulum motion that had developed.
12. She took the time to dampen a washcloth and do her face.
13. She wasn't going to let anything dampen her spirits today.
14. A delay of two hours did not dampen their enthusiasm .
15. His equivocal response has done nothing to dampen the speculation.
16. Dampen the surface, then paint it with pva adhesive.
17. Dampen the cake drum with water.
18. My many mistakes didn't dampen my enthusiasm for gardening.
19. The effect, of course, is to dampen the growth of disposable income.
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20. But sober reality will soon dampen the fervour of the most ardent.
21. If you dampen your piece of paper before you start painting it will be easier to paint evenly.
22. The move has done little to dampen speculation that the middle tier will see more mergers in the immediate future.
23. Disease may dampen down the appetite, and a diminution in the senses of taste or smell may make food less appealing.
24. Roll out thin strips of white icing, dampen and lay over the burgundy icing.
25. Dampen the marzipan with water and position the squares, as shown.
26. The economy overheated and the Government used to interest rates to dampen it down.
27. Although unemployment rose last month, this is unlikely to dampen down wage demands.
28. The separate failures of these two giants seemed to dampen the prospects for ever solving the longitude problem with a clock.
29. Soggy underfoot it may be, but it's hard to dampen the spirit of the country's premier rowing event.
30. Susan's sullen silence, though no-one could fail to notice it, did nothing to dampen anyone else's spirits.
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