dampen

The quarrel dampened down their enthusiasm.

The rain hardly dampened the ground.

the rebuff did little to dampen his ardour.

the fine rain dampened her face.

nothing could dampen her enthusiasm.

his vegetarianism was no dampener of his drinking.

The bad news dampened our spirits.

to dampen clothes before ironing them

slider switches on the mixers can dampen the drums.

The camp supplies dampened during the long rainy season.

It rained for such a short time that it hardly dampened the ground.

a breeze cooled the mist of perspiration that had dampened her temples.

Even the endless rain that had replaced the snow couldn't dampen his spirits.

Because even though the ground has been dampened, much of the brush is tinder dry.

That hasn't dampened the enthusiasm surrounding this event.

But being bad judges didn't dampen their confidence.

My sister's crankiness did not dampen my enthusiasm.

Walking around in wet conditions can really dampen your mood and your shoes.

We can also say that a negative person dampens the mood of a situation.

But neither official outrage nor police intervention seems to have dampened the protesters' enthusiasm.

These events dampened but did not extinguish Twain's cheerful disposition.

A slowdown in China and the euro crisis have since dampened global thirsts.