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Dammed
- verb - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"
Damned
- verb - expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"
- in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!"
- in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls"
- people who are condemned to eternal punishment; "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned"
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
Damped
- verb -
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
- restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"
Dampen
- verb -
- check; keep in check (a fire)
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
- reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
- smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
Damper
- noun - a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"
- a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
- a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
- a traditional Australian soda bread
Damsel
- noun - a young unmarried woman
Demoed
- verb - give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
Demoes
- verb - give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
Dimmed
- verb - become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
- become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
- made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
- make dim by comparison or conceal
- make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Dimmer
- adjective - a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination
- lacking clarity or distinctness;
- lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
- made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
- offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"