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damp
[ damp ]
adjective
- slightly wet; moist:
damp weather;
a damp towel.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- unenthusiastic; halfhearted; tepid:
The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.
I went shopping to lift my damp spirits.
noun
- moisture; humidity; moist air:
damp that goes through your warmest clothes.
Synonyms: ,
- a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, especially in a mine.
- depression of spirits; dejection.
- a restraining or discouraging force or factor.
verb (used with object)
- to make damp; moisten.
Synonyms:
A series of failures damped her enthusiasm.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to stifle or suffocate; extinguish:
to damp a furnace.
- Acoustics, Music. to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string); dull; deaden.
- Physics. to cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves).
verb phrase
- Plant Pathology. to undergo damping-off.
damp
/ 诲忙尘辫 /
adjective
- slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc
- archaic.dejected
noun
- slight wetness; moisture; humidity
- rank air or poisonous gas, esp in a mine See also firedamp
- a discouragement; damper
- archaic.dejection
verb
- to make slightly wet
- often foll by down to stifle or deaden
to damp one's ardour
- often foll by down to reduce the flow of air to (a fire) to make it burn more slowly or to extinguish it
- physics to reduce the amplitude of (an oscillation or wave)
- music to muffle (the sound of an instrument)
Derived Forms
- 藞诲补尘辫苍别蝉蝉, noun
- 藞诲补尘辫濒测, adverb
- 藞诲补尘辫颈蝉丑, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 诲补尘辫顎僫蝉丑 adjective
- 诲补尘辫顎僫蝉丑路ly adverb
- 诲补尘辫顎僫蝉丑路ness noun
- 诲补尘辫顎僱测 adverb
- 诲补尘辫顎僴别蝉蝉 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of damp1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of damp1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"I wet myself and stayed like that all night, damp and rolled up in a ball in my sleeping bag," she added.
The wall was clearly still damp and the paint came off on her hand when she touched it.
Emily and her mother have since moved but she said there was mould on the walls and damp in the house.
Her hair is slightly damp and, woman to woman, it eventually prompts an aside about the region鈥檚 humidity.
The inquiry heard evidence of "egregious hazards" to children, including serious damp, mould, and mice infestations, and families living in temporary housing for years.
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