Usually means: Reduced in intensity or strength.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. dampened: Merriam-Webster
  2. dampened: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dampened: Vocabulary.com
  4. Dampened, dampened: Wordnik
  5. dampened: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. dampened: Wiktionary
  7. Dampened, dampened: Dictionary.com
  8. dampened: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Dampened: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Dampened: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. dampened: FreeDictionary.org
  12. dampened: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dampened: Legal dictionary

(Note: See dampen as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dampen)

verb:  (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
verb:  (intransitive) To become damp or moist.
verb:  (transitive) To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).
verb:  (transitive, proscribed) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
verb:  (intransitive) To become damped or deadened.
▸ Also see dampen


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