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Synonyms for damp
dæmp
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Princeton's WordNet
damp, dampness, moistness(adj)
a slight wetness
Antonyms:
drydamp, dampish, moist(verb)
slightly wet
"clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"
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drymuffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down(verb)
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:
drydamp(verb)
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, damp(verb)
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, break(verb)
lessen in force or effect
"soften a shock"; "break a fall"
Synonyms:
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?
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.
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).
If I want to buy a new house then I can go around and I can check to see whether there is damp patches around or whether the current owners have painted over and tried to hide any issues with leaks or damp patches, so that's another great example, also silly things like I'm going into the bakers and getting the freshest bread, you can point the phone up and identify where the freshest bread is. Or I let my dog out in the evening and it's pitch black, so now I can find my dog without having to chase around and rummage in bushes.
The amount of energy they can absorb from your body that night, they will be warm in just a matter of minutes, and then you'd have damp stuff that would mold your mattress. So you definitely don't want to do that.
Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus one morning they are there, we know not how, and they gaze upon us, morose and gray. Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only the soil of the plants that grow in him
Translations for damp
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- потиснатост, затихвам, влажност, задушавам, потиснат, униние, заглушавам, влажен, влага, унил, овлажнявам, рудничен газBulgarian
- humitat, humitCatalan, Valencian
- vlhkýCzech
- fugtigDanish
- ersticken, dämpfen, Feuchtigkeit, anfeuchten, befeuchten, feucht, abdampfenGerman
- humedecer, húmedo, amortiguar, humedadSpanish
- نمناکPersian
- kosteus, vaimentaa, sammuttaa, kostuttaa, kaivoskaasu, kostea, tukahduttaaFinnish
- mouiller, mouillé, humide, amortir, mouillée, humidité, moite, humidifierFrench
- नमHindi
- lembapIndonesian
- humidaIdo
- rakiIcelandic
- smorzare, umidità, soffocare, inumidire, umido, bagnato, rallentare, grisùItalian
- לחHebrew
- 湿る, 湿っぽいJapanese
- ნოტიოGeorgian
- valgans, valgs, mitrs, miklsLatvian
- whakanotiMāori
- lembapMalay
- klamDutch
- wilgotnyPolish
- úmido, umidade, amortecerPortuguese
- umedRomanian
- сырой, влажныйRussian
- fuktighet, fukta, fuktig, dämpaSwedish
- nem, rutubet, nemli, rutubetliTurkish
- 潮湿Chinese
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