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
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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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