| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hindrance |
| Synonyms: | chill, depressant, restraint, wet blanket |
| Main Entry: | damp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
dabbled, damp, dank, dewy, dripping, humectant, humid, irriguous, juicy, lipper, lopper, madescent, moist, muddy, muggy, ombrophilous, reeking, roral, roric, rorid, roscid, sammy, saturated, sloppy, soaking, sodden, soft, soggy, swampy, swashy, undried, uvid, watery, wet, wet through, wet to the skin, wringing wet, xerophilous
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| Main Entry: | brake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stopping device; check |
| Synonyms: | anchor, binders, cinchers, constraint, control, curb, damper, deterrent, discouragement, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, obstacle, rein, restraint, retarding device |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Antonyms: | accelerator |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | blow, constraint, control, curb, damper, disappointment, frustration, grunt, harness, holdup, impediment, inhibition, limitation, obstruction, rebuff, rejection, restrainer, reversal, reverse, setback, stoppage, trouble |
| Antonyms: | aid, allowance, assistance, help, indulgence, liberation, permission |
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction |
| Synonyms: | arrest, captivity, check, circumscription, confinement, constrainment, cramp, curb, damper, detention, deterrent, hindrance, limitation, restraint |
| Antonyms: | allowance, permission |
| Main Entry: | discouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint |
| Synonyms: | bar, constraint, curb, damper, deterrent, disincentive, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, opposition, rebuff, setback |
| Antonyms: | catalyst, encouragement, incentive |
| Main Entry: | pall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cloud, gloom |
| Synonyms: | cloak, cloth, covering, damp, damper, dismay, mantle, melancholy, shadow, shroud, veil |
| Antonyms: | brightness, excitement, happiness |
| Main Entry: | treasury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where money, valuables are kept |
| Synonyms: | Fort Knox, archive, bank, bursar, bursary, cache, chest, coffer, damper, depository, exchange, exchequer, gallery, hoard, museum, register, repository, safe, storage, store, storehouse, strongbox, treasure house, vault |
| Main Entry: | soft pedal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muter of noise |
| Synonyms: | damper, muffler, mute pedal, noise queller, silencer, sordine, sordino, sourdine |