1. Make a depression into
   "The bicycle dented my car";
   - indent
    
2. Become reduced in amount, level, intensity, or value
   "High prices have dented consumer confidence";
   - decrease, diminish, lessen, fall, come down, go down, sink

1. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
   "The car had a small dent in the fender";
   - ding, gouge, nick
    
2. An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
   "it made a dent in my bank account"

Derived forms: denting, dents, dented

Type of: bend, blemish, change magnitude, consequence, defect, deform, effect, event, flex, issue, mar, outcome, result, turn, twist, upshot

Encyclopedia: Dent, OH