Synonyms for Dampening:

• adj.

  •discouraging (adjective)
  • more dampening,
  • un-propitious,
  • re pressing,
  • de-pressing,
  • more repressing,
  • more off putting,
  • dis heartening,
  • un propitious,
  • dis-advantageous,
  • more depressive,
  • more daunting,
  • dis-maying,
  • dis maying,
  • most depressive,
  • most dismaying,
  • more disheartening,
  • most off putting,
  • off putting,
  • de pressing,
  • more dissuading,
  • more hindering,
  • re-pressing,
  • un-favorable,
  • offputting,
  • dis-appointing,
  • more dismaying,
  • dis advantageous,
  • most dampening,
  • dis appointing,
  • most repressing,
  • more offputting,
  • most offputting,
  • in opportune,
  • in-opportune,
  • dis-heartening,
  • most daunting,
  • more off-putting,
  • un favorable,
  • most disheartening,
  • most off-putting,
  • most hindering,
  • most dissuading.

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • dampening,
  • moistening.

• v.

  •de-motivating (verb)
  • impeding,
  • stifling,
  • throttling,
  • de-motivating,
  • curbing,
  • Hampering,
  • Paralyzing,
  • frustrating,
  • hindering.
  •dejecting (verb)
  • dismaying,
  • Dejecting.
  •dissuading (verb)
  • daunting,
  • Dissuading,
  • inhibiting,
  • depressing,
  • chilling,
  • diverting,
  • Deterring,
  • Deflecting,
  • banning,
  • intimidating,
  • Preventing,
  • averting,
  • admonishing,
  • disheartening,
  • Derailing,
  • Disinclining,
  • barring,
  • Checking,
  • Restraining.
  •moistening (verb)
  • humidifying,
  • watering,
  • splashing,
  • sprinkling,
  • spraying,
  • splattering.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • restrain,
  • moisturizing,
  • Bumping,
  • clamminess,
  • miniaturization,
  • lowering,
  • reduce,
  • relaxation,
  • revealing,
  • cushioning,
  • busting,
  • disclosing,
  • appease,
  • oppress,
  • Taming,
  • mortify,
  • contraction,
  • imparting,
  • dilution,
  • Violating,
  • moistness,
  • subdue,
  • bath,
  • oppressive,
  • tempering,
  • Discovering,
  • drizzling,
  • cut,
  • Silencing,
  • absorb,
  • soaking,
  • rebirth,
  • soften,
  • dampen,
  • cracking,
  • extenuation,
  • give up,
  • stopping,
  • reducing,
  • beat out,
  • spattering,
  • Damping,
  • Girdling,
  • affusion,
  • reduction,
  • mincing,
  • decrement,
  • dabble,
  • dampness,
  • suppress,
  • get wet,
  • cast anchor,
  • softening,
  • buffering,
  • quenching,
  • abridgment,
  • Muffling,
  • diminishing,
  • revival,
  • baptism,
  • Subduing,
  • inhibit,
  • easing,
  • Benumbing,
  • Pausing,
  • absorption,
  • weakening,
  • deflation,
  • extinction,
  • humid,
  • mitigate,
  • sprinkle,
  • cut back,
  • parting,
  • drop anchor,
  • washing,
  • simplicity,
  • moist,
  • mitigation,
  • Damped,
  • cooling,
  • Discontinuing,
  • dying,
  • deluge,
  • depreciation,
  • quieten,
  • sopping,
  • check,
  • contain,
  • amortisation,
  • moderating,
  • Laving,
  • Dabbling,
  • hold back,
  • immersion,
  • curtail,
  • Muting,
  • repress,
  • quell,
  • moistly,
  • deadening,
  • inhibition,
  • Demoting,
  • depression,
  • debase,
  • Declaring,
  • subtraction,
  • Relenting,
  • Transgressing,
  • Bankrupting,
  • happening,
  • developing,
  • foundering,
  • humidity,
  • revitalization,
  • anchor,
  • weaken,
  • dispiriting,
  • Terminating,
  • ruining,
  • irrigation,
  • Breaching,
  • subjugate,
  • stifle,
  • diminution,
  • stop,
  • undermining,
  • Dampened,
  • extinguish,
  • Separating,
  • deaden,
  • Retarding,
  • basting,
  • Divulging,
  • Counteracting,
  • laundering,
  • bettering,
  • Exposing,
  • conquer,
  • letup,
  • raw,
  • dampener,
  • deduction,
  • erupting,
  • strangle,
  • Mitigating,
  • abatement,
  • Collapsing,
  • attenuation,
  • DAMPS,
  • lessening,
  • sabotaging,
  • frustrate,
  • set out,
  • discourage,
  • offending,
  • suffocating,
  • alleviation,
  • relegating,
  • depress,
  • dashing,
  • pare,
  • inundation,
  • dash,
  • damply,
  • bathing,
  • quench,
  • moisten,
  • drenching,
  • resurgence,
  • recrudescing,
  • abbreviate,
  • numbing,
  • moisture,
  • Palling,
  • Blunting,
  • Interrupting,
  • tame,
  • submersion,
  • keep back,
  • daunt,
  • hush up,
  • Dulling,
  • rinsing,
  • relaxing,
  • Fracturing,
  • Subverting,
  • chilly,
  • damper,
  • sagging,
  • fade out.

Paraphrases for Dampening:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    moderator, facilitator.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    impeding, weakening, lessening, diminishing, Impairing, undermining, minimising, ameliorating, minimizing, Counteracting, Attenuating, Assuaging, discouraging, softening, Hampering, hindering, Impacting, constraining, moderating, affecting, Influencing, Mediating, eroding, Disrupting, Facilitating, Curtailing, Obstructing, stopping, Harming, interfering, Suppressing, reducing, thwarting, inhibiting, defusing, prejudice, altering, Reining, Afflicting, Relieving, easing, curbing, Containing, Remedying, absorbing, Diluting, countering, Reversing, Stemming, cracking, tackling, braking, halting, Checking, Combating, combatting, compromising, limiting, slowing, arresting, attacking, fighting, Smoothing, Bashing, controlling, hitting.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Damping.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Restraining, Alleviating.

Homophones for Dampening:

• dumbness, dumping, dumpiness, dampness.

Hypernym for Dampening:

• n.

  • act
    basting.

Hyponym for Dampening:

• n.

  • act
    wetting.