Associations to the word «Dampening»

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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne