verb [VN]
1 (also less frequent damp) to make sth slightly wet:
Perspiration dampened her face and neck. * He dampened his hair to make it lie flat.
2 to make sth such as a feeling or a reaction less strong:
None of the setbacks could dampen his enthusiasm for the project. * She wasn't going to let anything dampen her spirits today.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for dampen is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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