damp
a slight wetness
• Syn:
dampness, moistness
• Derivationally related forms:
moist (for: moistness), damp (for: dampness)
• Hypernyms:
wetness
• Hyponyms:
dankness, clamminess, rawness
1. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
• Syn:
muffle, mute, dull, dampen, tone down
• Derivationally related forms:
damper, mute (for: mute), muffler (for: muffle)
• Hypernyms:
soften
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. restrain or discourage
- the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere
• Derivationally related forms:
damper
• Hypernyms:
control, hold in, hold, contain, check,
curb, moderate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
3. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- muffle the message
• Syn:
dampen, deaden
• Derivationally related forms:
damper
• Hypernyms:
dampen, soften, weaken, break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. lessen in force or effect
- soften a shock
- break a fall
• Syn:
dampen, soften, weaken, break
• Derivationally related forms:
weakener (for: weaken), damper
• Hypernyms:
deaden, blunt
• Hyponyms:
deafen, dampen, deaden
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
slightly wet (Freq. 6)
- clothes damp with perspiration
- a moist breeze
- eyes moist with tears
• Syn:
dampish, moist
• Similar to:
wet
• Derivationally related forms:
moistness (for: moist), dampness
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