English-Thai Dictionary

dampen

VT ทำให้ ชื้น  moisten dry tam-hai-chuen

 

dampen down

PHRV ทำให้ เปียก  ทำให้ ชุ่ม  damp down wet down tam-hai-piak

 

dampening

N การ ทำให้ ชื้น  kan-tam-hai-chuen

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DAMPEN

Damp "en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dampened; p. pr. & vb. n. Dampening. ]

 

1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

 

2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. The Century.

 

DAMPEN

DAMPEN Damp "en, v. i.

 

Defn: To become damp; to deaden. Byron.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dampen

damp en |ˈdampən ˈdæmpən | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 make slightly wet: the fine rain dampened her face. 2 make less strong or intense: nothing could dampen her enthusiasm. • reduce the amplitude of (a sound source ): slider switches on the mixers can dampen the drums. DERIVATIVES damp en er noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

dampen

damp ¦en |ˈdamp (ə )n | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 make slightly wet: the fine rain dampened her face. 2 make less strong or intense: nothing could dampen her enthusiasm. • reduce the amplitude of (a sound source ): slider switches on the mixers can dampen the drums.

 

dampener

damp |en ¦er ▶noun a thing that has a restraining or subduing effect: television and booze, those twin dampeners of the revolutionary spirit. PHRASES put a dampener on another way of saying put a damper on (see damper ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dampen

dampen verb 1 the rain dampened her face: moisten, damp, wet, dew, water; literary bedew. ANTONYMS dry. 2 nothing could dampen her enthusiasm: lessen, decrease, diminish, reduce, moderate, damp, put a damper on, throw cold water on, cool, discourage; suppress, extinguish, quench, stifle, curb, limit, check, restrain, inhibit, deter. ANTONYMS heighten.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dampen

dampen verb 1 the fine rain dampened her face: moisten, damp, wet, dew, water, irrigate, humidify; literary bedew; rare sparge, humify, humect. ANTONYMS dry; drench. 2 nothing could dampen her enthusiasm: lessen, decrease, diminish, reduce, lower, moderate, damp, damp down, put a damper on, throw cold water on, calm, cool, chill, dull, blunt, tone down, deaden, temper, discourage; suppress, extinguish, quench, stamp out, smother, stifle, muffle, blanket, mute, silence, quieten, overcome, curb, limit, check, still, restrain, inhibit, deter. ANTONYMS heighten.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dampen

damp en /dǽmp (ə )n /動詞 他動詞 1 …を湿らせる .2 ｟英 ｠〈熱意 希望 〉をくじく, そぐ ; 〈勢い 〉を減退させる ; 〈騒動 〉を鎮める (down )▸ damp down the market 市場を沈静化させる 3 (灰をかけるなどして )〈火 〉を弱める (down ); 〈音 動きなど 〉を小さくする ; 〈弦の振動 〉を止める .自動詞 湿る .d à mpen A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]1 ↑他動詞 2 .2 ↑他動詞 3 .3 A 〈髪など 〉をぬらして平らにする .～er 名詞