damp

Plural: damps

Noun

• a slight wetness
• Moisture; humidity; dampness.
• Fog; fogginess; vapor.
• Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
• A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.

Verb

Verb Forms: damped, damping, damps

• To lessen the intensity, force, or enthusiasm of something.
• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
• restrain or discourage
  • "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"
• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
• lessen in force or effect
• To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
• To dampen; to make moderately wet
• To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.

Adjective Satellite

• slightly wet
  • "clothes damp with perspiration"

Adj

• In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
• Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
• Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.

Adjective

• Slightly wet or moist; not completely dry.

Examples

• His strategic move was designed to DAMP my scoring potential on the left side of the board.
• The DAMP atmosphere in the game made it hard to clear my rack of low-value letters.
• The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.
• The paint is still damp, so please don't touch it.
• to damp cloth

Synonyms

break, dampen, dampish, dampness, deaden, dull, moist, moistness, muffle, mute, soften, tone down, weaken, glum, melancholy, moisten, sad, sorrowful, thoan, thone, wet

Anagrams of damp