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111discourage — v. a. 1. Dishearten, dispirit, depress, deject. 2. Dissuade, deter, keep back. 3. Disfavor, discountenance, throw cold water upon, put a damper on, cover with a wet blanket …
112cast a pall over — the bad news from home cast a pall over our honeymoon Syn: spoil, cast a shadow over, overshadow, cloud, put a damper on …
113dampen — verb 1) the rain dampened her face Syn: moisten, damp, wet, dew, water; literary bedew Ant: dry 2) nothing could dampen her enthusiasm Syn: lessen, decrease …
114disappoint — verb 1) I m sorry to have disappointed you Syn: let down, fail, dissatisfy, dash someone s hopes; upset, dismay, sadden, disenchant, disillusion, shatter someone s illusions, disabuse Ant: please, satisfy 2) …
115dampen — v 1. moisten, bedew, humidify, vaporize, damp; wet, sodden, soak, saturate. 2. check, restrain, deter; slacken, slow, retard, inhibit; lessen, diminish, abate, moderate, allay, temper; dull, deaden, depress, deject, dispirit, cast a pall over;… …
116slake — v 1. satisfy, sate, satiate, gratify, indulge; allay, appease, pacify, dulcify, relieve, ease, assuage, salve, Rare. lenify, mitigate; quench, extinguish, check, curb, quell, still, stem, stay; hush, quiet, calm, tranquilize; dull, deaden, obtund …
117monkey business — Pranks, being silly; less than ethical behavior. ► “The Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act are supposed to PUT A DAMPER ON monkey business at settlement.” (Wall Street Journal, Dec. 1, 1995, p. B14) …
118cast a pall over — SPOIL, cast a shadow over, overshadow, cloud, put a damper on. → pall …
119trustify — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌfī verb ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: trust (I) + ify transitive verb : to form into a trust a trustified industry intransitive verb …
120SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, JEWISH — Fantasy is a genre of literature in which realistic narratives are disrupted by unnatural or unexplainable events. The term Science Fiction (SF) emerged during the 1930s as a catchall descriptor for a publishing category with roots traceable to… …
