Dampen vs Undampened - What's the difference?
dampen | undampened |
To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
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* 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, ,
To become damp; to deaden.
Not dampened.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 25, author=, title=Arts, Briefly, work=New York Times
, passage=Rain and mud were everywhere, but spirits seemed undampened as performers including the Who, the Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Shirley Bassey, the Marley Brothers, Iggy and the Stooges, Babyshambles, Bjork, Paolo Nutini and the Arctic Monkeys, among many other artists, performed over three days at the Glastonbury Festival, Agence France-Presse reported. }}
As a verb dampen
is to make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.As an adjective undampened is
not dampened.dampen
English
Verb
(en verb)- In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
- 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.
Anagrams
* * English ergative verbs ----undampened
English
Adjective
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