damp

Meaning of damp

noun
  1. Moisture; humidity; dampness.
  2. Fog; fogginess; vapor.
  3. Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
  4. A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
verb
  1. To dampen; to make moderately wet
    to damp cloth
  2. To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.
  3. To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
adjective
  1. In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
    The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.
  2. Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
  3. Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.

Information about damp

  • The plural form of damp is: damps.
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Hyphenation of damp

damp

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • damp is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

damp synonyms

Meaning dampish:

dampish, moist

Meaning dampness:

dampness, moistness

Meaning muffle:

muffle, mute, dull, dampen

Meaning dampen:

dampen, deaden, soften, weaken, break

Meaning :

moisten, glum, melancholy, sorrowful, thone

Translation of damp

Words that rhyme with damp

bedamp, chokedamp, firedamp, stonedamp, whitedamp, blackdamp, stinkdamp, afterdamp, riverdamp, dewdamp

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