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Synonyms for damp
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damp, dampness, moistnessadjective
a slight wetness
Antonyms:
drydamp, dampish, moistverb
slightly wet
"clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"
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drymuffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone downverb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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muffle, wash, stifle, mute, pall, numb, moderate, moisten, weaken, benumb, repress, break, soften, tone down, dull, smother, blunt, deaden, dampen, tame, strangleAntonyms:
drydampverb
restrain or discourage
"the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"
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tone down, mute, weaken, dull, deaden, break, dampen, muffle, softenAntonyms:
drydampen, deaden, dampverb
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
"muffle the message"
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stifle, mute, weaken, dull, wash, deaden, muffle, blunt, dampen, girdle, tone down, break, moisten, softenAntonyms:
drydampen, damp, soften, weaken, breakverb
lessen in force or effect
"soften a shock"; "break a fall"
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crack, step down, break away, give way, soften, mince, reveal, give out, unwrap, conk out, part, wash, counteract, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, cushion, muffle, split, give away, smash, dull, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, pause, divulge, buffer, let on, get around, interrupt, wear out, cave in, deaden, break-dance, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, subvert, better, burst, go bad, break off, tone down, disclose, bust, erupt, moisten, relent, recrudesce, undermine, stifle, break dance, go against, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, de-escalate, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, mute, expose, break, moderate, discontinue, intermit, countermine, yield, wear, sabotageAntonyms:
dry
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How to use damp in a sentence?
This is a rare occurrence that took place because cool, damp air became trapped in the lower levels of the canyon, it was literally stuck underneath a warm layer of air just above. In the meteorological world, this is referred to as an inversion when the temperature actually warms with height (as opposed to it cooling with a rise in altitude).
Grief, after all, is like smoking in a damp country — what was at first a necessity becomes afterwards an indulgence.
The sanctions on Iran have turned out to be a damp squib for the time being with the Trump administration granting exemptions, the exemptions have even surprised Saudi Arabia as oil supplies from Iran are likely to spike in the coming days.
The ECB and OPEC meetings could prove to be a damp squib, which may result in markets drifting a bit lower.
Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.
Translations for damp
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- влажен, влажност, затихвам, задушавам, потиснат, униние, заглушавам, потиснатост, влага, унил, овлажнявам, рудничен газBulgarian
- humitat, humitCatalan, Valencian
- vlhkýCzech
- fugtigDanish
- befeuchten, ersticken, feucht, anfeuchten, abdampfen, Feuchtigkeit, dämpfenGerman
- humedecer, humedad, húmedo, amortiguarSpanish
- نمناکPersian
- kostea, kaivoskaasu, sammuttaa, tukahduttaa, kostuttaa, vaimentaa, kosteusFinnish
- mouiller, humidifier, moite, humidité, mouillée, amortir, humide, mouilléFrench
- नमHindi
- lembapIndonesian
- humidaIdo
- rakiIcelandic
- rallentare, bagnato, grisù, umido, inumidire, soffocare, smorzare, umiditàItalian
- לחHebrew
- 湿っぽい, 湿るJapanese
- ნოტიოGeorgian
- mitrs, mikls, valgs, valgansLatvian
- whakanotiMāori
- lembapMalay
- klamDutch
- wilgotnyPolish
- umidade, úmido, amortecerPortuguese
- umedRomanian
- сырой, влажныйRussian
- fukta, dämpa, fuktighet, fuktigSwedish
- nem, rutubet, nemli, rutubetliTurkish
- 潮湿Chinese
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