Dampen

Verb

 * 1)  To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
 * 2)  To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
 * 3) * 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, The New York Times,
 * Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.
 * 1)  To become damp; to deaden.

Thesaurus
abate, abridge, absorb the shock, allay, alleviate, arrest, asperge, assuage, attemper, attenuate, baffle, bank the fire, beat down, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, blunt, bottle up, break the fall, cast down, chasten, check, chill, compress, constrain, control, cool, countercheck, cramp, cripple, curb, curtail, cushion, cut, cut back, cut down, dabble, dam up, damp, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, de-emphasize, deaden, deafen, debilitate, decrease, deduct, deflate, deflect, deject, delay, depreciate, depress, detain, deter, devitalize, dew, diminish, disaffect, discourage, dishearten, disincline, disinterest, dispirit, distract, divert, douche, downgrade, downplay, dull, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, gruel, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, impede, indispose, inhibit, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, irrigate, keep back, keep in check, keep within bounds, knock down, lay, lay low, lenify, lessen, lighten, lower, lower the spirits, meddle, mitigate, moderate, modulate, moisten, muffle, mute, neutralize, obtund, offset, oppose, oppress, paddle, palliate, pare, play down, press down, put off, quench, rattle, reduce, reduce the temperature, repel, repress, resist, restrain, retard, retrench, roll back, sadden, sap, scale down, scotch, set back, shake, shake up, shorten, show consideration, show mercy, show pity, simplify, sink, slacken, slobber, slop, slosh, slow down, smother, snub, sober, sober down, soft-pedal, soften, soften the blow, soften up, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, step down, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, swash, syringe, take from, tame, temper, tone down, tune down, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, unbrace, undermine, underplay, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, water, weaken, wean from, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, wet, wet down

Translations

 * Bulgarian: навлажнявам
 * French: humecter, humidifier


 * Swedish: fukta, väta


 * Bulgarian: обезсърчавам, угнетявам
 * Dutch: bedrukken
 * French: déprécier, rabaisser


 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: навлажнявам се


 * French: s'humidifier, s'humecter

Anagrams

 * dampne
 * madnep

Dutch
"dampen" 1. verb To use the "v-word." 2. noun An alternate name for knee pads.

Noun
dampen


 * 1) plural of damp