Dampening
Dampening noun - The act of making something slightly wet.
Disheartening and dampening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disheartening" instead an adjective "Dampening".
Disheartening
Disheartening adjective - Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
Dampening and disheartening are semantically related. You can use "Dampening" instead an adjective "Disheartening".
Nearby Words: dishearten, disheartened
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deter and dampening
- deter and disheartening
- dismal and dampening
- dismal and disheartening
- dull and dampening
- dull and disheartening
- black and dampening
- black and disheartening
- depressing and dampening
- depressing and disheartening
- bleak and dampening
- bleak and disheartening
- dreary and dampening
- dreary and disheartening
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