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damp adjective [ damp ]

• slightly wet.
• "her hair was still damp from the shower"
Similar: moist, moistened, wettish, dampened, dampish, humid, steamy, muggy, clammy, sweaty, sticky, dank, moisture-laden, wet, wetted, rainy, drizzly, showery, misty, foggy, vaporous, dewy, claggy,
Opposite: dry,

damp noun

• moisture diffused through the air or a solid substance or condensed on a surface, typically with detrimental or unpleasant effects.
• "the house reeked of mould and damp"
Similar: moisture, dampness, humidity, wetness, wet, water, liquid, condensation, steam, vapour, clamminess, mugginess, dankness, wateriness, rain, raininess, dew, drizzle, precipitation, spray, perspiration, sweat,
Opposite: dryness,
• a discouragement or check.
• "shame gave a damp to her triumph"

damp verb

• make (something) slightly wet.
• "damp a small area with water"
Similar: dampen, moisten, wet, dew, water, irrigate, humidify, bedew, sparge, humify, humect,
Opposite: dry, drench,
• make a fire burn less strongly by reducing the flow of air to it.
• "he damped down the fire for the night"
• reduce or stop the vibration of (the strings of a piano or other musical instrument) so as to reduce the volume of sound.
• "the muted notes should be produced by damping the strings at the seventh position"
Origin: Middle English (in the noun sense ‘noxious inhalation’): of West Germanic origin; related to a Middle Low German word meaning ‘vapour, steam, smoke’.


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