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damp
[ damp ]
adjective
- slightly wet; moist:
damp weather;
a damp towel.
Antonyms: dry
- unenthusiastic; halfhearted; tepid:
The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.
I went shopping to lift my damp spirits.
noun
verb (used with object)
- to make damp; moisten.
Synonyms: humidify
A series of failures damped her enthusiasm.
- 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).
verb phrase
- Plant Pathology. to undergo damping-off.
damp
/ dæmp /
adjective
- slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc
- archaic.dejected
noun
- slight wetness; moisture; humidity
- rank air or poisonous gas, esp in a mine See also firedamp
- a discouragement; damper
- archaic.dejection
verb
- 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)
Derived Forms
- ˈdampness, noun
- ˈdamply, adverb
- ˈdampish, adjective
Other Words From
- dampish adjective
- dampish·ly adverb
- dampish·ness noun
- damply adverb
- dampness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of damp1
Word History and Origins
Origin of damp1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
We entered the fruiting rooms, which were warm and damp, the air thick and cloying.
There was no one there to help her, put a damp cloth on her forehead or hold her hand to convey confidence.
A 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.
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.
With 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 tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them.
As for him, he much preferred the darkness of his cool, damp galleries under the ground.
First of all, wrap a portion of damp newspaper round the roots, and then tie up with dry paper.
Dense 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.
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