damp

damp
Synonyms and related words:
abate, abridge, absorb the shock, acoustic tile, afterdamp, allay, alleviate, antiknock, arrest, asperge, asphyxiate, assimilate to, assuage, attemper, attenuate, baffle, baffler, balance, bank the fire, beat down, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, blackdamp, blow out, blunt, bogginess, boggy, bottle up, break the fall, breath, cast down, censor, chasten, check, chill, choke, choke off, chokedamp, clamminess, clammy, clamp down on, cloud, cold water, compress, constrain, control, cool, cork, cork up, countercheck, crack down on, cramp, crepehanger, cripple, crush, curb, curtail, cushion, cut, cut back, cut down, dabble, dam up, damp down, dampen, dampen the spirits, dampener, damper, dampish, dampness, dank, darken, dash, de-emphasize, deaden, deafen, debilitate, decrease, deduct, deflate, deflect, deject, delay, depreciate, depress, detain, deter, determent, deterrent, devitalize, dew, dewiness, dewy, diminish, disaffect, discourage, discouragement, dishearten, disincline, disinterest, dispirit, distract, divert, douche, douse, downgrade, downplay, drenched, drown, dull, effluvium, enervate, enfeeble, equalize, equilibrize, even, eviscerate, exhalation, exhaust, extenuate, extinguish, exudation, fenny, fetid air, firedamp, flatten, flatus, fluid, fogginess, fume, gag, gruel, harmonize, hinder, hold back, hold down, hold in check, hold up, homogenize, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humectation, humid, humidify, humidity, humor, hushcloth, impede, indispose, inhibit, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, irrigate, jump on, keep back, keep down, keep in check, keep under, keep within bounds, kill, killjoy, knock down, lay, lay low, lenify, lessen, level, lighten, lower, lower the spirits, make uniform, malaria, marshiness, marshy, meddle, mephitis, miasma, mistiness, misty, mitigate, moderate, modulate, moist, moisten, moistiness, moistness, moisture, muffle, muffler, muggy, mute, muzzle, neutralize, normalize, obtund, offset, oppose, oppress, out, paddle, palliate, pare, pessimist, play down, pour water on, press down, puff of smoke, put down, put off, put out, quash, quell, quench, quietener, rainfall, raininess, rainy, rattle, reduce, reduce the temperature, reek, regularize, regulate, repel, repress, resist, restrain, retard, retrench, roll back, roric, sadden, sap, saturated, scale down, scotch, set back, shake, shake up, shorten, show consideration, show mercy, show pity, showeriness, shut down on, silence, silence cloth, silencer, simplify, sink, sit down on, sit on, slack, slacken, slobber, slop, slosh, slow down, smash, smoke, smooth, smother, smudge, snub, snuff, snuff out, soaked, soaking, sober, sober down, soddenness, soft pedal, soft-pedal, soften, soften the blow, soften up, sogginess, soggy, soppiness, sordine, sordino, sound-absorbing material, soundproofing, soundproofing insulation, sourdine, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, spoilsport, sponge, spray, sprinkle, squash, squelch, stabilize, stamp out, stanch, standardize, steam, steamy, step down, stereotype, sticky, stifle, stop, strangle, stultify, subdue, suffocate, suppress, swampiness, swampy, swash, symmetrize, syringe, tacky, take from, tame, temper, throttle, tone down, tune down, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, unbrace, undermine, underplay, undried, uniformize, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, vapor, volatile, water, water vapor, wateriness, weaken, wean from, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, wet, wet blanket, wet down, wetness, wettish, wettishness

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  • Damp — (d[a^]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.] 1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. [1913 Webster] Night . . . with black air Accompanied,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • damp — damp; damp·en; damp·en·er; damp·er; damp·ish; damp·ly; damp·ness; damp·proof·er; damp·proof; damp·ish·ly; …   English syllables

  • Damp — Damp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Damped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damping}.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See {Damp}, n.] 1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth. [1913 Webster] 2. To put out, as fire; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Damp — (d[a^]mp), a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.] 1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. [1913 Webster] O erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.] [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • damp — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ slightly wet. ► NOUN ▪ moisture in the air, on a surface, or in a solid. ► VERB 1) make damp. 2) (damp down) control or restrain (a feeling or situation). 3) (damp down …   English terms dictionary

  • damp — [damp] n. [MDu, vapor, steam, akin to OHG, MHG, Ger dampf < IE base * dhem , to smoke, mist > DANK] 1. a slight wetness; moisture 2. a harmful gas sometimes found in mines; firedamp; blackdamp 3. Archaic a dejected or depressed state adj. 1 …   English World dictionary

  • damp´en|er — damp|en «DAM puhn», transitive verb. 1. to make damp; moisten: »Mother sprinkles water over the clothes to dampen them before ironing. SYNONYM(S): wet. 2. Figurative. to cast a chill over; depress; discourage: »The sad news dampened our spirits.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • damp|en — «DAM puhn», transitive verb. 1. to make damp; moisten: »Mother sprinkles water over the clothes to dampen them before ironing. SYNONYM(S): wet. 2. Figurative. to cast a chill over; depress; discourage: »The sad news dampened our spirits. SYNONY …   Useful english dictionary

  • dAMP — ↑ Adenosinphosphat. * * * Dạmp,   Gemeinde im Kreis Rendsburg Eckernförde, Schleswig Holstein, Ostseebad, 1 600 Einwohner; Ferienzentrum Ostseebad Damp mit über 5 000 Betten, Sportmedizin …   Universal-Lexikon

  • damp — (n.) early 14c., a noxious vapor, perhaps in O.E. but there is no record of it. If not, probably from M.L.G. damp; ultimately in either case from P.Gmc. *dampaz (Cf. O.H.G. damph, Ger. Dampf vapor; O.N. dampi dust ). Sense of moisture, humidity… …   Etymology dictionary

  • damp — sb., en, e, ene, i sms. damp , fx dampstrygejern …   Dansk ordbog

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