dank
adjective
unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly.
dankness
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a word derived from
dank.
Example Sentences
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High polish is out; a resourceful and sometimes hedonistic spirit, as well as frankness and dankness, are in, occasionally in ways that verge on counterculture cliché.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
But still not impossible: On the advice of a shrink — OK, several shrinks — we began preparing a covered porch space at the house a month ago for the coming season of dankness.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2020
Liz dried her eyes and took in a deep breath of dankness and car exhaust.
From Nature ● Dec. 17, 2019
Most commercial extracts don’t come in degrees of dankness or pungency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2016
Tears welled in his eyes as the boulder door rolled shut, sealing him once again in the stinky torch- lit dankness of the Cyclops’s cave.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
