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What does “vacillate” mean?
to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.
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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.

OTHER WORDS FROM damp

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH damp

1. damp , humid, moist(see synonym study at the current entry); 2. damp , dampen.
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Words related to damp

muggy, soggy, misty, soaked, cloudy, sticky, moist, dank, steamy, waterlogged, saturated, sodden, drizzly, sopping, dripping, soaking, drenched, clammy, steam bath, vaporous

Example sentences from the Web for damp

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, noun

Word Origin for damp

C14: from Middle Low German damp steam; related to Old High German demphen to cause to steam
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