damp
slightly wet; moist: damp weather;a damp towel.
unenthusiastic; halfhearted; tepid: The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.
moisture; humidity; moist air: damp that goes through your warmest clothes.
a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, especially in a mine.
depression of spirits; dejection.
a restraining or discouraging force or factor.
to make damp; moisten.
to stifle or suffocate; extinguish: to damp a furnace.
Acoustics, Music. to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string); dull; deaden.
Physics. to cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves).
damp off, Plant Pathology. to undergo damping-off.
Origin of damp
1synonym study For damp
Other words for damp
Opposites for damp
Other words from damp
- dampish, adjective
- damp·ish·ly, adverb
- damp·ish·ness, noun
- damply, adverb
- dampness, noun
Words that may be confused with damp
Words Nearby damp
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How to use damp in a sentence
We entered the fruiting rooms, which were warm and damp, the air thick and cloying.
The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees - Issue 90: Something Green | Merlin Sheldrake | September 23, 2020 | NautilusThere was no one there to help her, put a damp cloth on her forehead or hold her hand to convey confidence.
Cuban doctor contracts coronavirus in ICE custody | Yariel Valdés González | September 9, 2020 | Washington BladeA sleeved, moisture-wicking dress is the easiest thing to toss on over a damp suit.
If you’re still anxious about potential toxins in the adhesive, or simply don’t like the taste, moisten the glue strip with a damp sponge instead of your tongue.
They had to wriggle through dark, damp and cramped spaces every time they visited.
The challenge of dinosaur hunting in deep caves | John Pickrell | May 19, 2020 | Science News For Students
Place the stack of phyllo dough sheets on a cutting board and cover it with a slightly damp towel.
Instead, I stayed in a bed-and-breakfast kind of place near the sea, so near that everything in it felt damp all the time.
My Time on the Set of 'Jaws,' or How to Get a Photo of a Frickin' Mechanical Shark | Tom Shales | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith me tagging along, they dove into a rudimentary, damp shelter they had dug in a wood nearby.
That same day, despite tissues still damp from the aftermath of the botched audition, my life changed in a matter of two hours.
It insists on efficiency standards for household appliances so that your towels come out of the dryer refreshingly cool and damp.
The Federal Government Has Violated My Right to Chainsaw | P. J. O’Rourke | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinAs for him, he much preferred the darkness of his cool, damp galleries under the ground.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyFirst of all, wrap a portion of damp newspaper round the roots, and then tie up with dry paper.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinDense fogs always prevail, and generally make the country very damp.
A damp mist rose from the river and the marshy ground about, and spread itself over the dreary fields.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for damp
/ (dæmp) /
slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc
archaic dejected
slight wetness; moisture; humidity
rank air or poisonous gas, esp in a mine: See also firedamp
a discouragement; damper
archaic dejection
to make slightly wet
(often foll by down) to stifle or deaden: to damp one's ardour
(often foll by down) to reduce the flow of air to (a fire) to make it burn more slowly or to extinguish it
physics to reduce the amplitude of (an oscillation or wave)
music to muffle (the sound of an instrument)
Origin of damp
1- See also damp off
Derived forms of damp
- dampish, adjective
- damply, adverb
- dampness, noun
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