dampens
Makes slightly wet
Dampens means to make slightly wet or to reduce the intensity of something.
You dampen a cloth before wiping a surface.
Figuratively, bad news dampens enthusiasm, and rain dampens spirits.
Nothing could dampen her excitement about the trip.
The word overlaps with damps, though dampens is more common in everyday speech.
Intense eager enjoyment
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- hopesPositive expectations held
ardor · optimism · motivation · passion · zeal · fervor · interest · morale
diminish
To make smaller
attenuate · subdue · quell · stifle · inhibit · mitigate · alleviate · curb · restrain · temper
enthusiasm
Intense eager enjoyment
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
hopes · ardor · optimism · motivation · passion · zeal · fervor · interest · morale · appetite
wet
Saturated with liquid
sprinkle · dew · hydrate · soak · drench · saturate · irrigate · splash · rinse · moisture
quiet
Lacking in sound
cushion · buffer · deaden · dull · insulate · soundproof · baffle · pad · silence · hush
dampensintensifies
Increases in strength
enlivens · heightens · encourages · excites · stimulates
dampensamplifies
Increases strength or volume
boosts · intensifies · magnifies · strengthens · enhances
- put a damper onReduce enthusiasm or enjoyment
- noise dampeningLessening acoustic intensity
- putting a damper onDiminishing enthusiasm or enjoyment
- damper pedalPiano mechanism prolonging sound
- dampen downReduce or restrain intensity
dampen, damper, dampened, dampest, dampening, damped, dampeners, dampener, undampened