Synonyms and Antonyms of damping
1
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
- refused to let the setbacks damp his drive for success
burning out, debilitating, doing in, draining, enfeebling, exhausting, fatiguing, sapping, tuckering (out), undermining, weakening, wearing, wearing out
daunting, demoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting
arousing, rousing, stirring
charging, electrifying, galvanizing
exciting, fermenting, firing, fomenting, inciting, inflaming (also enflaming), instigating, kindling, provoking, sparking, triggering, whipping (up)
abetting, boosting, buoying, cheering, emboldening, fortifying, heartening, inspiring, lifting
reactivating, reanimating, reawakening, reawaking, recharging, reenergizing (or re-energizing), refreshing, regenerating, rejuvenating, rekindling, renewing, resurrecting, resuscitating, revitalizing, reviving
2
to make or become slightly or moderately wet
- damp the shirt slightly before ironing it
bathing, laving
dousing (also dowsing), drenching, impregnating, saturating, soaking, sousing, steeping, washing, watering, wetting
humidifying
dipping, dunking, immerging, immersing
flushing, irrigating, rinsing, sluicing
refreshing, rehydrating, remoistening
3
to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
- nothing seemed to damp the unwelcome attentions of her suitor
muffling, muting, toning (down)
decreasing, diminishing, lessening, letting up (on), lowering, reducing, subduing
debilitating, enfeebling, weakening
dwindling, receding, subsiding, tapering (off), waning
alleviating, easing, lightening
abating, moderating
amplifying, augmenting, beefing (up), boosting, consolidating, deepening, enhancing, heightening, intensifying, magnifying, redoubling, stepping up, strengthening
animating, arousing, stimulating
