damper
noun
[ ˈdampə ]
• a person or thing that has a subduing or inhibiting effect.
• "there's nothing like a swarm of bees to completely put a damper on a graduation ceremony"
Similar:
curb,
check,
restraint,
restriction,
limit,
limitation,
constraint,
stricture,
rein,
brake,
control,
impediment,
obstacle,
hindrance,
discouragement,
depressant,
depression,
chill,
pall,
gloom,
cloud,
• an unleavened loaf or cake of flour and water baked in wood ashes.
damp
adjective
• slightly wet.
• "her hair was still damp from the shower"
Similar:
moist,
moistened,
wettish,
dampened,
dampish,
humid,
steamy,
muggy,
clammy,
sweaty,
sticky,
dank,
moisture-laden,
wet,
wetted,
rainy,
drizzly,
showery,
misty,
foggy,
vaporous,
dewy,
claggy,
Origin:
Middle English (in the noun sense ‘noxious inhalation’): of West Germanic origin; related to a Middle Low German word meaning ‘vapour, steam, smoke’.
