Synonyms for damper
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dam-per |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæm pər |
Définition of damper
Origin :- of a piano, 1783; of a chimney, 1788; agent noun from damp (v.). Either or both led to various figurative senses.
- noun hindrance
- Finished our bacon this morning, and for the future will only have damper and tea.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- She did not seem frightened, and ate readily the damper and sugar given her.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- She rose, took her stockings over to the stove, and hung them on the damper.
- Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
- The damper in the lower door had a bad habit of opening when it was jarred.
- Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
- We took out the damper and poked out all the soot and ashes.
- Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
- There was, as we have said, nothing to throw a damper on the general joy.
- Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- You must speak louder; there 's a kind of damper on the voice in this room.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- She bore it bravely, however, not liking to put a damper on our youthful spirits.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- John is damper than I should like to be, but 'a calls it nothing.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- And if you went with me, your half-heartedness would be a damper.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
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