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Damp

Damp Meaning & Definition
Damp Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Damp?

[n] a slight wetness
[adj] slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"
[v] lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
[v] make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
[v] restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"
[v] deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping

Synonyms | Synonyms for Damp: break | dampen | dampen | dampish | dampness | dull | moist | moistness | muffle | mute | soften | tone down | weaken | wet

Related Terms | Find terms related to Damp: abate | abridge | absorb the shock | acoustic tile | afterdamp | allay | alleviate | antiknock | arrest | asperge | asphyxiate | assimilate to | assuage | attemper | attenuate | baffle | baffler | balance | bank the fire | beat down | bedew | bespatter | besprinkle | blackdamp | blow out | blunt | bogginess | boggy | bottle up | break the fall | breath | cast down | censor | chasten | check | chill | choke | choke off | chokedamp | clamminess | clammy | clamp down on | cloud | cold water | compress | constrain | control | cool | cork | cork up | countercheck | crack down on | cramp | crepehanger | cripple | crush | curb | curtail | cushion | cut | cut back | cut down | dabble | dam up | damp down | dampen | dampen the spirits | dampener | damper | dampish | dampness | dank | darken | dash | deaden | deafen | debilitate | decrease | deduct | de-emphasize | deflate | deflect | deject | delay | depreciate | depress | detain | deter | determent | deterrent | devitalize | dew | dewiness | dewy | diminish | disaffect | discourage | discouragement | dishearten | disincline | disinterest | dispirit | distract | divert | douche | douse | downgrade | downplay | drenched | drown | dull | effluvium | enervate | enfeeble | equalize | equilibrize | even | eviscerate | exhalation | exhaust | extenuate | extinguish | exudation | fenny | fetid air | firedamp | flatten | flatus | fluid | fogginess | fume | gag | gruel | harmonize | hinder | hold back | hold down | hold in check | hold up | homogenize | hose | hose down | humect | humectate | humectation | humid | humidify | humidity | humor | hushcloth | impede | indispose | inhibit | intercept | interfere | intermeddle | interrupt | intervene | irrigate | jump on | keep back | keep down | keep in check | keep under | keep within bounds | kill | killjoy | knock down | lay | lay low | lenify | lessen | level | lighten | lower | lower the spirits | make uniform | malaria | marshiness | marshy | meddle | mephitis | miasma | mistiness | misty | mitigate | moderate | modulate | moist | moisten | moistiness | moistness | moisture | muffle | muffler | muggy | mute | muzzle | neutralize | normalize | obtund | offset | oppose | oppress | out | paddle | palliate | pare | pessimist | play down | pour water on | press down | puff of smoke | put down | put off | put out | quash | quell | quench | quietener | rainfall | raininess | rainy | rattle | reduce | reduce the temperature | reek | regularize | regulate | repel | repress | resist | restrain | retard | retrench | roll back | roric | sadden | sap | saturated | scale down | scotch | set back | shake | shake up | shorten | show consideration | show mercy | show pity | showeriness | shut down on | silence | silence cloth | silencer | simplify | sink | sit down on | sit on | slack | slacken | slobber | slop | slosh | slow down | smash | smoke | smooth | smother | smudge | snub | snuff | snuff out | soaked | soaking | sober | sober down | soddenness | soft pedal | soften | soften the blow | soften up | soft-pedal | sogginess | soggy | soppiness | sordine | sordino | sound-absorbing material | soundproofing | soundproofing insulation | sourdine | sparge | spatter | splash | splatter | spoilsport | sponge | spray | sprinkle | squash | squelch | stabilize | stamp out | stanch | standardize | steam | steamy | step down | stereotype | sticky | stifle | stop | strangle | stultify | subdue | suffocate | suppress | swampiness | swampy | swash | symmetrize | syringe | tacky | take from | tame | temper | throttle | tone down | tune down | turn aside | turn away | turn from | turn off | unbrace | undermine | underplay | undried | uniformize | unman | unnerve | unstrengthen | unstring | vapor | volatile | water | water vapor | wateriness | weaken | wean from | weigh heavy upon | weigh upon | wet | wet blanket | wet down | wetness | wettish | wettishness

See Also | blunt | check | clamminess | contain | control | curb | damp | dankness | deaden | deafen | hold | hold in | moderate | soften | wetness

Damp In Webster's Dictionary

\Damp\ (d[a^]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.] 1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. --Milton. 2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. --Addison. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. --J. D. Forbes. 3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. {Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas. {Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame.
\Damp\, a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.] 1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. --Dryden. 2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.] All these and more came flocking, but with looks Downcast and damp. --Milton.
\Damp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Damped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damping}.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See {Damp}, n.] 1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth. 2. To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. ``To damp your tender hopes.'' --Akenside. Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug. --Bacon. How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! --Sir J. Lubbock. The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. --Macaulay.

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