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Synonyms for damp

  • verb
  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

dampen deaden chill soften dull tone down

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Dampen

dampen, deaden, chill, soften, abate, check, weaken, break, blunt, depress, discourage, quench, allay, restrain, dishearten, dispirit, deject, bedew, alleviate, mitigate, lessen, quell

2. Dull

dull, tone down, moderate, muffle, slack, mute, stifle, desolate

Other

moisten, repress, smother

Adjective

1. Wet

wet, humid, moist, muggy, soaked, dank, drenched, saturated, dampish, thone, moisty, soggy

2. Melancholy

melancholy, glum, sorrowful

Other

musty, cool, spewy

Noun

1. Dampness — moisture; humidity; dampness

dampness, moisture, moistness dated

Other

vapor US, vapour UK, exhalation

Antonyms

arid, parched, waterproof

All antonyms of damp →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).

  2. adj. 1

    In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

    The paint is still damp, so please don't touch it.

  3. n. 1

    Moisture; humidity; dampness.

Related words

Word family
dampen dampish damply dampness dampproof
Phrases
damp squib choke damp damp haze damp course

Forms

Plural
damps → dampnesses, moistures, moistnesses, vapors…
Past participle
damped
e.g. damped → dampened, deadened, chilled, softened…

Example sentences

  • chill The chill of coming winter discouraged our picnic.
  • soften When medlars blet, they soften and become edible.
  • dampen Benedito used water to dampen the cloth for cleaning.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
damprising
chillrising
softenrising
dampenrising
disheartensteady
moistenrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
wet1
4 letters
cool1, dull1, mute1, dank1, glum1
5 letters
check1, break1, chill1, blunt1, slack1, moist1, vapor2, humid2, soggy2, quell1, musty2, abate2, allay2, muggy2
6 letters
soaked1, weaken2, soften2, lessen2, stifle2, vapour, quench1, dampen2, muffle2, deaden2, deject2, moisty
7 letters
depress2, smother2, repress2, moisten2, dampish
8 letters
moderate3, moisture2, mitigate3, restrain2, desolate3, drenched1, dampness2, dispirit
9 letters
saturated4, alleviate4, sorrowful3, moistness
10 letters
discourage3, melancholy4, exhalation4, dishearten

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vapor2 = 2 syllables).

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