damped or dampened

When the vibration of a wheel is reduced it is damped, but when youdrive through a puddle your tire is dampened. “Dampened” always has todo with wetting, if only metaphorically: “The announcement that Bob’sparents were staying home after all dampened the spirits of theparty-goers.” The parents are being a wet blanket.

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News & Articles

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• Sinopec Tumbles as Output Sinks Huaneng: China Overnight
  Chinese equities fell in New York for the first time in three days, led by China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. and Huaneng Power International Inc., after slower growth in industrial output and exports damped prospects for expansion in the world’s largest developing economy.
  June 11, 2013 - Bloomberg
• German Industrial Output Jumps Most in a Year on Construction
  German industrial production surged the most in more than a year in April as construction activity surged after an unusually long winter damped output.
  June 7, 2013 - Bloomberg

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• Blackhawks fans brave storms to attend sold-out Stanley Cup Finals game
  Fans entered the Madhouse two hours before the puck dropped due to the weather, but spirits were anything but dampened.
  June 13, 2013 - ABC 7 Chicago
• Tourism's mission hampered, but not stopped, by Denver-Tokyo delays
  The rain falling here Wednesday amplified the dampened mood that some tourism officials felt as they made their big pitch to the travel industry, months late and to a smaller audience than they would have had if the delays had not occurred.
  June 12, 2013 - Denver Post
• Shares of Coca-Cola Enterprises fall on outlook
  Shares of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. fell Tuesday after the independent bottler warned that economic factors that have "dampened" its fiscal second-quarter expectations. THE SPARK: The Atlanta-based ...
  June 11, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News