Damp

[dæmp]

Definition

(noun.) a slight wetness.

(verb.) restrain or discourage; 'the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere'.

(adj.) slightly wet; 'clothes damp with perspiration'; 'a moist breeze'; 'eyes moist with tears' .

Typist: Serena--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

(n.) Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.

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

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

(superl.) Dejected; depressed; sunk.

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

(n.) 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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Moisture, vapor, fog, dampness.

a. Moist, humid, dank, wet.

v. a. [1]. Moisten, dampen.[2]. Check, repress, restrain, moderate, allay, abate.[3]. Chill, deaden, depress, deject.

Editor: Oswald

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN: blunt, dishearten, quench, slack, moderate, humid, wet, moist,discourage, discountenance, repress

ANT:Urge, inflame, incite, fan, excite

Checked by Carmen

Definition

n. vapour mist: moist air: lowness of spirits: (pl.) dangerous vapours in mines &c.—v.t. to wet slightly: to chill: to discourage: to check: to make dull.—adj. moist foggy: sometimes in the form Damp′y.—v.t. and v.i. Damp′en to make or become damp or moist.—n. Damp′er that which checks or moderates: a mechanical appliance for reducing currents musical vibration &c.: (Australia) a kind of unfermented bread.—adj. Damp′ish somewhat damp.—n. Damp′ishness.—adv. Damp′ly.—n. Damp′ness.—Damping off (hort.) the death of plants from excess of moisture.

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Editor: Omar

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