moisten, wash, dampen
(verb) make moist; “The dew moistened the meadows”
dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
(verb) lessen in force or effect; “soften a shock”; “break a fall”
dampen
(verb) check; keep in check (a fire)
dampen, deaden, damp
(verb) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; “muffle the message”
stifle, dampen
(verb) suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity; “Stifle your curiosity”
dampen
(verb) reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down
(verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dampen (third-person singular simple present dampens, present participle dampening, simple past and past participle dampened)
(transitive) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
(intransitive) To become damp or moist.
(transitive) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
(intransitive) To become damped or deadened.
• dampne, madnep
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Damp"en, v. i.
Definition: To become damp; to deaden. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
