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putting a damper on
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Present participle for to reduce the strength or intensity of
Present participle for to take the pleasure or enjoyment out of
Present participle for to cause unease in one's mental state
Present participle for to deprive of emotional or intellectual life, energy or vitality
Present participle for to prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized
Present participle for to steal the limelight from
Present participle for to discourage or deter someone from doing something
Present participle for to destroy or damage the value or quality of
Present participle for to diminish the confidence or courage of
Present participle for to have a severely detrimental effect on
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Present participle for to reduce the strength or intensity of
deflating
depressing
subduing
taking the edge off
lessening
diminishing
dampening
reducing
decreasing
deadening
moderating
dulling
softening
alleviating
easing
blunting
stifling
curbing
restraining
damping
smothering
toning down
allaying
mitigating
abating
assuaging
attenuating
cushioning
quelling
lowering
curtailing
muting
lightening
weakening
tempering
suppressing
checking
relieving
mollifying
muffling
calming
cooling
easing off
damping down
taking the bite out
minimizing
US
de-escalating
winding down
ebbing
minimising
UK
taking the sting out
soothing
diluting
squashing
inhibiting
cutting
depreciating
tranquillising
UK
making less intense
putting damper on
putting the lid on
soft-pedalling
harshing
soft-pedaling
tranquilizing
US
placating
stilling
numbing
benumbing
desensitizing
US
controlling
undermining
repressing
overcoming
appeasing
bridling
making less active
containing
holding back
buttressing
constraining
soaking up
getting rid of
mellowing
quietening
quashing
stemming
staunching
keeping in check
slowing down
getting under control
reining in
holding in check
absorbing
slaking
sating
cauterising
UK
thinning
obtunding
desensitising
UK
watering down
hebetating
cauterizing
US
degrading
tapering
impairing
shrinking
cutting down
dwindling
subsiding
tailing off
wearing down
downsizing
decrementing
palliating
cutting back
squelching
eroding
petering out
waning
abasing
wearing away
rolling back
contracting
relaxing
anesthetizing
US
lulling
stupefying
sedating
quieting
helping
anaesthetizing
UK
anaesthetising
UK
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
modifying
lenifying
pacifying
knocking out
quenching
limiting
fixing
narcotizing
doping
treating
rendering insensitive
poisoning
extenuating
extinguishing
dosing
remitting
stunning
composing
sweetening
hitting
dazing
slackening
opiating
drugging
chilling
chillin
dispelling
banishing
medicating
physicking
dosing up
doping up
settling
unnerving
smoothing
qualifying
ameliorating
dullening
restricting
hardening
torpefying
taming
dulcifying
modulating
freezing
putting out a fire
stopping
subjugating
coarsening
gentling
doing damage control
rising above
putting an end to
choking off
cutting off
buffering
making insensitive
pouring oil on
retarding
addressing
improving
incapacitating
devitalizing
silencing
masking
commuting
revising
immobilizing
US
comforting
stultifying
excusing
killing
indurating
satisfying
reducing the force of
petrifying
fixing up
taking sting out
patching things up
callousing
temperating
immobilising
UK
playing down
dissipating
dismissing
balming
destroying
eliminating
reducing the effect of
taking pressure off
laying off
letting up on
pruning
depriving of sensation
driving off
driving away
putting to rest
chasing away
smoothing down
cooling out
cooling off
making callous
hardening your heart
making unfeeling
narrowing
downscaling
constricting
befuddling
denting
retrenching
sapping
paring down
depleting
disempowering
knocking down
rendering unconscious
rendering insensible
making unconscious
making insensible
making weaker
declining
receding
falling
fading
dropping
relenting
palling
plummetting
plummeting
flagging
nosediving
draining
closing
blurring
minifying
desisting
clipping
dropping off
tapering off
letting up
falling away
dying down
phasing down
draining away
dying out
ratcheting down
dying away
going down
growing less
wasting away
dropping away
growing smaller
becoming smaller
getting less
slacking up
coming down
dying off
more ❯
“The abject disappointment of not being able to scare the neighbors with early morning firecrackers would
put a damper on
our spirits.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to take the pleasure or enjoyment out of
spoiling
casting a shadow over
casting a pall over
taking the shine off
messing up
taking the edge off
taking the enjoyment out of
taking the pleasure out of
overshadowing
marring
taking the fun out of
enveloping in gloom
darkening
clouding
blighting
“Widespread looting in the capital would
put a damper on
the jubilation of a liberated people.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause unease in one's mental state
paining
saddening
grieving
distressing
troubling
worrying
bothering
perturbing
disturbing
tormenting
afflicting
oppressing
harrowing
dejecting
depressing
torturing
aggrieving
mortifying
upsetting
burdening
concerning
disconcerting
disheartening
dismaying
dispiriting
agitating
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
bringing down
irking
wounding
stinging
vexing
breaking one's heart
casting down
crushing
dampening spirits
discommoding
discomposing
gnawing at
hurting
pestering
plaguing
stressing
weighing down
annoying
breaking the heart of
bumming out
burning up
causing anguish to
discouraging
dragging down
exasperating
fretting
galling
getting to
harassing
irritating
making blue
making miserable
making wretched
narking
putting into a funk
racking
riling
straining
chastening
cutting to the quick
displeasing
hacking off
dashing
desolating
pressing
downing
deploring
getting down
making sad
throwing cold water on
casting a gloom upon
bringing tears to your eyes
turning off
casting a gloom on
pouring cold water on
offending
perplexing
bugging
fazing
ailing
affronting
disquieting
angering
miffing
peeving
discomforting
causing suffering to
outraging
ticking off
hurting somebody's feelings
needling
shocking
alarming
hassling
discombobulating
nagging
fussing
trying
eating at
giving a hard time
moving
affecting
dissing
slighting
searing
injuring
devastating
disgruntling
ruffling
unnerving
disgusting
anguishing
unsettling
harrying
dogging
flustering
discountenancing
discomfiting
throwing
rattling
shaking
unhinging
frazzling
derailing
distempering
flurrying
distracting
alaruming
hagriding
confounding
indisposing
undoing
giving offence to
sickening
getting at
freaking out
picking on
inconveniencing
spooking
making unhappy
weirding out
stirring up
making waves
throwing off balance
giving someone grief
flipping out
piercing
cutting
insulting
disrespecting
hitting hard
chagrining
slapping
dashing the hopes of
getting
frightening
traumatizing
US
abashing
crucifying
disappointing
traumatising
UK
niggling
stewing
fearing
sweating
putting down
keying up
turning
incapacitating
bewildering
cramping
turning on
flooring
crazing
firing up
flipping
rocking the boat
laying up
pothering
egging on
debilitating
getting someone
making a scene
getting on your wick
winding up
getting across
puzzling
dumping on
horrifying
grinding
shaking up
doing in
tearing to pieces
interrupting
disobliging
repulsing
chafing
repelling
excruciating
piquing
nauseating
nettling
jarring
hurting the feelings of
causing discomfort to
causing concern to
mourning
causing suffering
causing anguish
bleeding
causing sorrow
causing offense
lambasting
nagging at
making uncomfortable
making anxious
making uneasy
besetting
taxing
hacking you off
giving a bad time
preying on your mind
driving up the wall
haunting
pushing the buttons of
incommoding
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
thumbing nose at
sticking it to
giving it to
dishing it out
dishing out
causing trouble to
overcharging
cursing
hounding
breaking
pushing
strapping
tantalising
UK
exercising
tantalizing
US
martyring
nit-picking
pricking
pushing buttons
cutting up
weighing on
arousing anxiety in
doing a number on
making it tough for
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to deprive of emotional or intellectual life, energy or vitality
dampening
castrating
gelding
petrifying
devitalizing
enervating
lobotomizing
desiccating
dehydrating
deadening
damping
discouraging
dashing
deterring
dejecting
depressing
dismaying
dispiriting
humbling
blanketing
clouding
stamping out
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
casting a shadow over
saddening
chillin
chilling
spoiling
looming over
daunting
demoralizing
US
unnerving
crushing
shaking
unmanning
disappointing
cowing
frustrating
desolating
sapping
throwing
subduing
undermining
weakening
humiliating
disinclining
disparaging
indisposing
demoralising
UK
disheartening
casting down
weighing down
weighing heavily on
getting down
bringing down
knocking sideways
knocking for six
making someone fed up
giving someone the blues
making downhearted
knocking the stuffing out of
putting down
making dejected
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized
disappointing
frustrating
foiling
thwarting
baffling
baulking
UK
defeating
dashing
hampering
hindering
obstructing
balking
US
impeding
stymieing
interfering with
nipping in the bud
putting the damper on
throwing cold water on
pouring cold water on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to steal the limelight from
overshadowing
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
reducing
detracting from
taking the pleasure out of
stealing spotlight
taking precedence
taking precedence over
taking the pleasure
rendering insignificant by comparison
stealing the limelight from
taking the edge off
Verb
▲
Present participle for to discourage or deter someone from doing something
deterring
discouraging
dissuading
disadvising
inhibiting
hindering
putting off
scaring off
talking out of
cautioning against
warning against
throwing cold water on
acting like a wet blanket
pouring cold water on
stopping
preventing
curbing
restraining
obstructing
impeding
suppressing
checking
repressing
controlling
withholding
averting
indisposing
diverting
opposing
shaking
quieting
staving off
warding off
fending off
keeping back
putting a stop to
turning off
holding off
holding back
interfering with
disinclining
advisingagainst
warning off
dehorting
persuading not to
urging not to
urging against
persuading against
turning aside
arguing out of
advising not to
disfavouring
discountenancing
disfavoring
keeping from
frightening off
changing somebody's mind
turning against
sidetracking
deprecating
counselling
UK
counseling
US
derailing
remonstrating against
throwing off
crying out against
leaning on
expostulating against
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to destroy or damage the value or quality of
marring
spoiling
damaging
ruining
impairing
injuring
harming
wrecking
hurting
defacing
blemishing
blighting
compromising
disfiguring
vitiating
crippling
tainting
breaking
staining
tarnishing
flawing
sullying
polluting
endamaging
mangling
crabbing
bloodying
warping
queering
maiming
blotting
upsetting
bruising
bending
scratching
dinging
tweaking
detracting
messing up
fouling up
lousing up
crossing up
roughing up
shaking up
Verb
▲
Present participle for to diminish the confidence or courage of
discouraging
disheartening
dispiriting
dismaying
depressing
daunting
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
dejecting
distressing
unnerving
cowing
crushing
chilling
chillin
alarming
abashing
dashing
unmanning
troubling
scaring
bothering
frustrating
afflicting
vexing
awing
aweing
confusing
disappointing
trying
appalling
overawing
irking
drooping
prostrating
repressing
casting down
making despondent
weighing heavily on
making downhearted
psyching out
beating down
dampening the spirits of
breaking one's heart
causing to lose heart
taking the wind out of your sails
Verb
▲
Present participle for to have a severely detrimental effect on
blighting
ruining
marring
destroying
spoiling
wrecking
damaging
devastating
injuring
impairing
shattering
scotching
sabotaging
crushing
demolishing
dashing
scuppering
disfiguring
undoing
banjaxing
annihilating
trashing
nixing
dishing
queering
scarring
tainting
cruelling
disrupting
euchring
frustrating
staining
afflicting
ending
preventing
quashing
quelling
stymieing
nullifying
decaying
messing up
fouling up
lousing up
screwing up
making a mess of
blowing a hole in
playing havoc with
putting the kibosh on
bringing to naught
putting an end to
doing in
putting paid to
bringing to an end
putting a stop to
making a hash of
putting the lid on
glitching up
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
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