Tom always puts a damper on things.
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Damper
//ˈdæmpɚ//
Synonyms for "damper" (93 found)
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Translations
36 translations across 14 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πνιγεύς noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
Czech
2 entries- hradítko noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
- klapka noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
Dutch
4 entries- afzuigkap noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
- dampkap noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
- demper noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
- domper noun (thing that kills the mood)
Finnish
2 entries- pelti noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
- vaimennin noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
German
3 entries- Dämpfer noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
- Dämpfer noun (thing that kills the mood)
- Luftklappe noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
Hebrew
1 entries- מרסן noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
Italian
4 entries- farfalla noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
- rovinare la festa noun (thing that kills the mood)
- smorzatore noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
- smorzatore noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
Māori
1 entries- parāoa pāhūhū noun (A simple type of bread)
Polish
4 entries- chleb bez drożdży noun (A simple type of bread)
- niszczyciel amtosfery noun (thing that kills the mood)
- przepustnica noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
- tłumik noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
Romanian
2 entries- supapă noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
- ventil noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
Russian
4 entries- амортизатор noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
- вью́шка noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
- гаситель колебаний noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
- де́мпфер noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
Spanish
3 entries- amortiguador noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
- reductor noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
- regulador noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
Swedish
2 entries- dämpare noun (contrivance to deaden vibrations)
- spjäll noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
Ukrainian
1 entries- в'ю́шка noun (valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer, if a damper climate.
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I wonder if we can redesign the comment system so as to put a damper on all the negativity.
Source: tatoeba (8900859)
The air grew noticeably cooler and damper.
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