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The heat makes beads of sweat run down your armpits and traverse your hips before dampening your drawers.

Indeed, Bernanke complained that fiscal policy was dampening growth.

If you think the pill is dampening your sex drive, it might be time to end your relationship with oral contraceptives.

The market for new houses turned down sharply last month, dampening hopes for a rapid recovery.

The visitors, seeing how distressed the General was, by tacit consent avoided the subject, but everyone felt the dampening effect.

"All right," said Betty, with a lack of enthusiasm that fell with a dampening effect upon Mollie's ears.

The rain came on just then and perhaps assisted in dampening their ardour.

Those at work dampening and ironing—peculiar processes both.

It may be a deadly, dampening chill checking the fire that is naturally in the truth.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dampening, such as: bleak, depressing, disappointing, disheartening, dismal, and dispiriting.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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