English

Verb

dampen ‎(third-person singular simple present dampens, present participle dampening, simple past and past participle dampened)

1. (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
2. (transitive) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
   • The Century

     In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.

   • 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, The New York Times,

     Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.

3. (intransitive) To become damp; to deaden.

Translations

Anagrams

• dampne
• madnep

Danish

Noun

dampen c

1. singular definite of damp

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑmpə(n)/

Etymology 1

From damp +‎ -en.

Verb

dampen

1. (intransitive) to steam, to give off steam or smoke

Inflection

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

dampen

1. Plural form of damp

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dampen m

1. definite singular of damp

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dampen

1. definite singular of damp