damp

Speech parts

1. damp - Noun

2. damp - Adjective

3. damp - Verb

5. damp - Adjective Satellite

6. Damp - Proper noun

Meaning

Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.

A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.

Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.

Dejected; depressed; sunk.

To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

moist dull dampish tone down misty water break check WET humid weaken mute restrain soften chill
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Antonyms

frizzle support move allow help aid
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Hypernyms

control contain hold break check moderate

Hyponyms

dampen rawness deaden deafen clamminess dankness

Phrases with the word

damp squib damp-proof fire damp lamp damp disposable towel become damp damp fruit

Derivatives

damped damping

Anagrams

MPDA

Examples

And when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet whence he blew Soul-animating strains,alas too few. William Wordsworth

It was nice standing out in the darkness, in the damp grass, with spring coming on and a feeling in my heart of imminent disaster. Michael Chabon

I feel like cotton candy: sugar and air. Squeeze me and I'd turn into a small sickly damp wad of weeping pinky-red. Margaret Atwood

Near the dry, the damp will burn. Turkish Proverb

When the glow worm lights her lamp, the air is always very damp. American Proverb

June damp and warm does the farmer no harm. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

damourite damouritization damozel damp course damp disposable towel damp down