SYNONYMS FOR damp
8 humidify.
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Origin of damp
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English (in sense of def. 5 ); compare Middle Dutch damp, Middle High German dampf “vapor, smoke”
synonym study for damp
1. Damp, humid, moist mean slightly wet. Damp usually implies slight and extraneous wetness, generally undesirable or unpleasant unless the result of intention: a damp cellar; to put a damp cloth on a patient's forehead. Humid is applied to unpleasant dampness in the air: The air is oppressively humid today. Moist denotes something that is slightly wet, naturally or properly: moist ground; moist leather.
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British Dictionary definitions for damp
damp
/ (dæmp) /
adjective
slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc
archaic dejected
noun
verb (tr)
See also damp off
Derived forms of damp
dampish, adjectivedamply, adverbdampness, nounWord Origin for damp
C14: from Middle Low German damp steam; related to Old High German demphen to cause to steam
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