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What is another word for
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 spoil or be the one bad feature of
Present participle for to steal the limelight from
Present participle for to discourage or deter someone from doing something
Present participle for to have a severely detrimental effect on
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Verb
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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
anaesthetizing
UK
helping
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
anaesthetising
UK
modifying
lenifying
pacifying
knocking out
quenching
fixing
limiting
narcotizing
doping
treating
rendering insensitive
poisoning
stunning
extenuating
dosing
extinguishing
chilling
chillin
remitting
dazing
hitting
composing
sweetening
slackening
drugging
opiating
medicating
dispelling
banishing
physicking
dosing up
doping up
settling
freezing
unnerving
smoothing
qualifying
dullening
restricting
hardening
torpefying
ameliorating
taming
modulating
dulcifying
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
shocking
retarding
addressing
improving
cumbering
incapacitating
devitalizing
silencing
masking
immobilizing
US
commuting
revising
stultifying
excusing
petrifying
killing
indurating
comforting
satisfying
reducing the force of
immobilising
UK
fixing up
callousing
temperating
playing down
dissipating
dismissing
taking sting out
patching things up
balming
destroying
eliminating
depriving of sensation
reducing the effect of
taking pressure off
laying off
letting up on
pruning
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
desolating
dashing
getting down
pressing
downing
deploring
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
daunting
demoralizing
US
chagrining
demoralising
UK
dampening
shaking
haunting
making gloomy
making despondent
weighing heavily on
hanging over
causing suffering to
dashing hopes
ailing
disenchanting
trying
disobliging
wearying
disappointing
debilitating
dulling
beating down
making unhappy
making desolate
giving someone the blues
knocking the stuffing out of
knocking for six
knocking sideways
making someone fed up
breaking someone's heart
dashing the hopes of
taking the wind out
chillin
chilling
abashing
discomforting
draining
bugging
enervating
darkening
cowing
beating
dragging
damping
abasing
fazing
reducing to tears
running down
lying heavy on
preying on
taking the heart out of
keeping under
harshing someone's mellow
besetting
taxing
bearing down
inconveniencing
nagging
bedeviling
US
incommoding
bedevilling
UK
sapping
overcharging
breaking
suppressing
subjugating
lowering
overwhelming
devitalizing
causing trouble to
humbling
overcoming
defeating
sticking it to
giving it to
dishing it out
dishing out
disillusioning
damping down
bearing down on
casting a pall over
underwhelming
disgruntling
embittering
dampening the spirits of
shattering the illusions of
letting down
taking the wind out of your sails
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
daunting
crushing
demoralizing
US
unnerving
disheartening
cowing
unmanning
chillin
chilling
frustrating
casting down
disappointing
making downhearted
appalling
demoralising
UK
weighing heavily on
distressing
alarming
abashing
troubling
scaring
bothering
afflicting
vexing
aweing
awing
confusing
trying
overawing
irking
prostrating
repressing
drooping
psyching out
making despondent
beating down
dampening the spirits of
causing to lose heart
taking the wind out of your sails
breaking one's heart
sapping
throwing
desolating
undermining
weakening
subduing
shaking
saddening
making dispirited
making crestfallen
disparaging
disinclining
humiliating
weighing down
making dejected
indisposing
getting down
making someone fed up
giving someone the blues
bringing down
knocking sideways
knocking for six
knocking the stuffing out of
putting down
bringing low
casting a shadow
enfeebling
rattling
disconcerting
disempowering
getting to
taking steam out
disorganizing
deflating
unzipping
debilitating
jumbling
discountenancing
unsettling
blowing out
disordering
nonplussing
disarranging
embarrassing
sending up
unglueing
blowing up
ungluing
taking apart
snarling
disturbing
muddling
crippling
upsetting
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 spoil or be the one bad feature of
marring
damaging
harming
spoiling
hurting
blighting
impairing
tainting
tarnishing
vitiating
staining
ruining
sullying
wrecking
blemishing
bloodying
breaking
compromising
crabbing
crippling
defacing
disfiguring
endamaging
flawing
injuring
upsetting
blotting
polluting
bending
bruising
crossing up
detracting
dinging
fouling up
maiming
mangling
queering
scratching
tweaking
warping
lousing up
messing up
roughing up
shaking up
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
swaying
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 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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