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Damp

Definitions: Damp

Damp

Adjective

1. Slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears".

Noun

1. A slight wetness.

Verb

1. Deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping.

2. Restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere".

3. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.

4. Lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "damp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Damp

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

To suppress oscillations or disturbances. (references)

Mining

Any mine gas, or mixture of gases, particularly those deficient in oxygen. Damp is probably derived from the German dampf, meaning a fog or vapor. See also:afterdamp; blackdamp; chokedamp; combustible gases; firedamp;stinkdamp; white damp. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Damp

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

dAMP

DanishDeoxyadenosin-5'-monofosfatMedicine

dAMP

EnglishDeoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphateMedicine

DAMP

FrenchDésoxyadénosine-5'-monophosphateMedicine

dAMP

German2'-Desoxy-Adenosin-5'-MonophosphatMedicine

DAMP

Greek5-μονοφωσφορική δεοξυαδενοσίνηMedicine

dAMP

ItalianDeossiadenosin-5'-monofosfatoMedicine

dAMP

SpanishDesoxiadenosina-5'-monofostatoMedicine

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Damp

Synonyms: dampish (adj), moist (adj), dampness (n), moistness (n), break (v), dampen (v), deaden (v), dull (v), muffle (v), mute (v), soften (v), tone down (v), weaken (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: spots (publishing & graphic arts).

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Synonyms within Context: Damp

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Bane

Albany hemp, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, carbonic gas; choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp; hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica, ratsbane.

Dejection

Noun: dejection; dejectedness; Adjective: depression, prosternation; lowness of spirits, depression of spirits; weight on the spirits, oppression on the spirits, damp on the spirits; low spirits, bad spirits, drooping spirits, depressed spirits; heart sinking; heaviness of heart, failure of heart.

Depress; discourage, dishearten; dispirit; damp, dull, deject, lower, sink, dash, knock down, unman, prostrate, break one's heart; frown upon; cast a gloom, cast a shade on; sadden; damp one's hopes, dash one's hopes, wither one's hopes; weigh on the mind, lie heavy on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, lie heavy on the spirits, prey on the spirits; damp the spirits, depress the spirits.

Dissuasion

Disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back; (restrain); render averse; repel; turn aside; (deviation); wean from; act as a drag; (hinder); throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate.

Dullness

Render dull; Adjective: damp, depress, throw cold water on, lay a wet blanket on; fall flat upon the ear.

Hindrance

Thwart, frustrate, disconcert, balk, foil; faze, feaze, feeze; baffle, snub, override, circumvent; defeat; spike guns; (render useless); spoil, mar, clip the wings of; cripple; (injure); put an extinguisher on; damp; dishearten; (dissuade); discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport; lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on; cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine; be in the way of, stand in the way of; act as a drag; hang like a millstone round one's neck.

Insulation, Fire extinction

Extinguish; damp, slack, quench, smother; put out, stamp out; douse, snuff, snuff out, blow out.

Moderation

Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin.

Moisture

Verb: moisten, wet; humect, humectate; sponge, damp, bedew; imbue, imbrue, infiltrate, saturate; soak, drench. (water).

Adjective: moist, damp; watery; madid, roric; undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy; roral, rorid; roscid; juicy.

Refrigeration

Damp, slack quench; put out, stamp out; extinguish; go out, burn out (incombustibility) a.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Damp

English words defined with "damp": After dampFire damp. (references)
Specialty definitions using "damp": autogenous healing, AUTOMAT-CAR ATTENDANTbed washer, BOBBIN PRESSER, bog manganese, bog manganese ore, BRIM IRONER, HAND, brim settercan-repairer, Cellar, chinese hat, clay-house worker, CLAY-STRUCTURE BUILDER AND SERVICER, CLEANER, FURNITURE, cone former, coner, CONTINUOUS-TOWEL ROLLERDECAL APPLIER, decal transferrer, design transferrer, disc-valve, DRY-CHARGE-PROCESS ATTENDANTfat clay, forming-machine operator, french weaver, furniture cleanerGRAPHITE PAN-DRIER TENDERhard grain goat, hat-brim curler, HAT-FORMING-MACHINE OPERATORimmersion foot White, INSPECTOR, TOYS, inweaverle Royaume du Marocmachine-coated paperboard, Magnetic Viscosity, metal cleaner, MOSAIC WORKERortodontista, overweaverpaddy foot, pisé de terre, print applierrammed-earth construction, refractory specialist, repair weaver, reweaver, rod dampsection weaver, SPOILAGE WORKER, SPOT CLEANER, sprays, stiff-straw-hat washer, STRAW-HAT-WASHER OPERATORthread weaver, towel-rolling-machine operator, trench footVapor Retarder, VENDING-MACHINE ATTENDANTWEAVER, HAND. (references)
Etymologies containing "damp": Mydaus. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Damp" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (steam, vapor, vapour), Dutch (fog, fume, mist, smoke, steam, vapor, vapour), Frisian (fog, fuzzy, mist, misty, moist, steam, vapor, vapour), Norwegian (fume), Papiamen (steam, vapor, vapour).

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Modern Usage: Damp

DomainUsage

Screenplays

This house was always damp, even my bed was damp! (Sanford and Son; writing credit: Earl Barret; Ted Bergman)

So they locked him up in the basement of the courthouse till he nearly died of the damp, and his daddy brought him back home. (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote)

And it's always the same in damp weather. (Are You Being Served?; writing credit: John T. Chapman; David Croft)

Lyrics

I turned my collar to the cold and damp ("Sounds of Silence"; performing artist: Simon & Garfunkel)

Clever

Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

Don't pamper damp scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Rising Damp (1974)

One Damp Day (1917)

Dry Goods and Damp Deeds (1917)

Rising Damp (1980)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Damp

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Day at Damp Camp (reference)

  • Damp Diffusion and Buildings: Prevention of Damp Diffusion Damage in Buildings Design (reference)

  • Damp Proof Course Detailing (reference)

  • Disaster in Damp Sand (reference)

  • Household pests : a guide to the identification and control of insect, rodent, damp, and fungoid problems in the home (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Damp

Computer Images:
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Sounds Captioned with "Damp".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Thundering; bitter; blowy; blustering; blustering; blustery; boisterous; cold; coming down; damp; dirty; foul; frigid; furious; gusty; howling; menacing; murky; pouring; raging; rainy; rip-roaring; roaring; savage; squally; stormful; storming; tempestuous.Storming; treacherous; bitter; blowy; blustering; blustering; blustery; boisterous; cold; coming down; damp; dirty; foul; frigid; furious; gusty; howling; menacing; murky; pouring; raging; rainy; rip-roaring; roaring; savage; squally; stormful; storming; .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Damp

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

He did not suppose they could be damp now, in the middle of the day.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The ground was damp, the shed open on all sides, the wind freshened every moment.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

That was the way a rat felt, slimy and damp and cold.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

She found her damp cloth and wiped the counter with circular sweeps.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Damp

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Dusting with a damp cloth or oiled mop should be done frequently. (references)

If not, you may be able to hold a warm, damp washcloth over the urethral opening. (references)

Once everything is wet, take up contaminated materials with a damp towel, then mop or sponge the area with disinfectant. (references)

Economic History

Chile

Climate: Arid in north, Mediterranean in the central portion, cool and damp in south. (references)

Latvia

About 98% of the country lies under 200m elevation (640 ft.). The damp climate resembles New England's. (references)

Iceland

Because of the Gulf Stream's moderating influence, the climate is characterized by damp, cool summers and relatively mild but windy winters. (references)

Human Rights

Guyana

Some such jails are bare, overcrowded, and damp. (references)

Poland

According to reports by nongovernmental organizations (NGO's), overcrowding, damp cells, and a lack of medical treatment are the chief problems. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Damp

"Damp" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.46% of the time. "Damp" is used about 1,679 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)93.46%1,5695,257
Lexical Verb (infinitive)3.21%5446,184
Lexical Verb (base form)1.96%3360,273
Noun (singular)1.37%2372,767
                    Total100.00%1,679N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Damp

Expressions using "damp": After damp be damp become damp cast a damp over cast a damp over smth. choke damp cold and damp damage caused by damp damp air damp and chilly damp cloth damp clothes damp course damp down damp down a fire damp mop damp off damp proof Damp sheet damp smb.'s ardour damp squib damp stain damp the spirits damp wipe Death damp Fire damp get damp make damp rising damp strike a damp over smth. wet with damp white damp. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "damp": damp-down, damp-eyed, damp-living, damp-proof, damp-proofed, damp-proofers, damp-proofing, damp-protecting, damp-smelling, damp-squib, damp-stained, damp-trousered.

Ending with "damp": still-damp.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Damp

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

damp

69

damp basement

43

damp proofing

42

damp rid

42

rising damp

24

damp pantie

22

damp specialist timber

7

damp proofing uk

6

damp check

5

salt damp

5
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Modern Translations: Damp

Language Translations for "damp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

lagështi (dampness, humidity, moisture, wetness), brengos (chill, deject, depress, grieve, sadden), frenoj (apply the brakes, be an obstacle to, bit, brake, check, choke up, clog, contain, control, Cork, delay, detain, deter, fetter, guard, hamper, hang up, hedge in, hold, hold back, hold in, inhibit, interrupt, keep in, put back, rein, retard, set back, stay put, stem, stop), gaz miniere (coal gas, fire-damp), i lagësht (dank, humid, moist, sloppy, sour, squashy, steamy, wet), i lagët (humid, moist, outlying, poachy, raw, wet), i lagur (awash, dabby, soggy, sopping, soppy, wet), brengë (grief, oppression, sadness, sorrow), lag (dabble, dampen, douse, drench, get wet, moisten, soak, souse, wash, wet), trishtim (doldrums, gloom, low spirits, melancholy, misery, mope, sadness), mjegull (brume, curtain, exhalation, fog, mist, smog, toman, vapor, vapour), njomje (maceration, moistening, saturation, soaking, souse, treatment), pakësoj amplitudën e lëkundeve, pikëlloj (afflict, depress, distress, sadden), shuaj (beat out, blanket, blow out, Burke, clean off, delete, douse, drown, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, kill, obliterate, out, quash, quell, quench, rake out, remove, scratch out, settle, slack, slake, suppress, turn off, ungear, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wither), shuaj një tingull, spërkat (asperse, bedew, besprinkle, dampen, dash, dew, perfuse, plash, slosh, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, strew), i njomë (dabby, dampish, dampy, dank, delicate, dewy, fresh, humid, milch, moist, muggy, new, poachy, sappy, saturated, wet, young). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كآبة (bleakness, dejection, depression, desolation, despondency, dreariness, gauntness, gloom, gloominess, grief, low spirits, melancholy, moodiness, mope, sadness, sombreness, sorrow, spleen), ‏كئيب (bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, dejected, depressed, depressing, depressive, desolate, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, distressful, distressing, doleful, dolorous, down, downcast, down-hearted, drear, dreary, droopy, dyspeptic, funeral, funereal, gloomy, glum, gray, grey, grief-stricken, grieved, grievous, heavy-hearted, ill, joyless, leaden, lifeless, low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, moody, mournful, out of spirits, rueful, sad, saddening, somber, sombre, spiritless, sullen, tearful, weary), ‏مبلل (moist, wet, wetted), ‏وهن (asthenia, attenuate, attenuation, dampen, debilitate, debility, decay, discouragement, distemper, droop, enervate, enfeeble, extenuate, feebleness, imitators, infirmity, invalidate, languish, languishment, languor, pall, relax, sap, shrivel, sickliness, thin, weak spot, weaken, weaklings), ‏سم (bane, poison, pore, venom), ‏خنق بغاز سام, ‏جعله كئيبا, ‏أحبط (anticipate, balk, block, check, defeat, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, foil, forestall, frustrate, nullify, ruin, scotch, scuttle, torpedo), ‏ثبط (chill, dampen, demoralize, frustrate, inhibit, inhibition, repel), ‏رطب (clammy, dabble, dabby, dampen, dank, foul, humid, humidify, moist, moisten, refresh, soggy, sour, watery, wet), ‏بلل (bathe, bedew, dabble, dampness, drench, moisten, moistening, soaking, sodden, wet, wetness). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

влажен (dank, humid, juicy, madid, moist, plashy, raw, soft, soggy, sticky, watery, wet), попарвам (blight, frost, infuse, kill, nip, perish, scald, steam, touch, wither), задушавам (asphyxiate, braise, choke, jug, jugulate, overlie, poach, smother, stew, stifle, strangle, suffocate, throttle), мъглив (brumous, dull, foggy, hazy, misty, nebulous, thick, vaporous, vapory, vapoury), намалям, намокрям (drench, moisten, slosh, wet), обезсърчавам (dampen, daunt, discountenance, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, pour cold water on), изпарения (emanation, vapor, vapour), охлаждам (chill, condense, cool, dash, freeze, ice, nip, quench, refrigerate), угнетявам (depress, oppress), влажност (dampness, humidity, moisture, wet), влага (dampness, humidity, moisture, wet), въгледвуокис, рудничен газ (choke damp, firedamp), униние (dejection, despond, despondency, doldrums, droop, dullness, mopes, sadness), угнетеност (depression, oppression, prostration), овлажнявам (dampen, moisten). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

humit (humid, moist). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(muggy), 潮湿 (humid, moist), 潮濕 (moist), (current, humid, moist, tide), (moist). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vlhký (clammy, humid, moist, running, sticky, watery, wet), mokrý (pluvious, rainy, soggy, wet). (various references)

   

Danish

  

deoxyadenosin-5'-monofosfat (deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate, deoxyadenylate), dAMP (deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate, deoxyadenylate, steam, vapor, vapour), væde (dampness, moisture), fugtpletter (foxing, spots), fugtighed (dampness, humidity, moisture), fugte (killing the suction, wet), fugt (dampness, humidity, moisture, mustiness), befugte (humidify, steeping, wet). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vochtigheid (dampness, humidity, moisture, mustiness), vochtig (humid, moist). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

malsekeco, malsekaĵo, humideco, humida (humid, moist). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

væta (wet), slevja, slagin (humid, moist), rái. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مرطوب ساختن (Humidify), نم (Humid, Humidity, Moisture), حالت خفقان پیداکردن , رطوبت (Humidity, Moisture, Wet), دلمرده کردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

deoksiadenosiini-5'-monofosfaatti (deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate, deoxyadenylate), märkyys (dampness, moisture, wetness), kosteus (dampness, humidity, moisture, moisture content, moisture percentage, water content). (various references)

   

French

  

mouiller (dabble), humide (dabby, dank). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

dampens. (various references)

   

German

  

dämpfen (ageing, attenuate, baffle, break, cushion, deaden, dilute, dim, extenuate, extinguish, mellow, muffle, mute, put out, quench, reduce, soften, softening, steam, stew, subdue, to baffle, to extenuate, to mute, to steam, to stew, to vaporize, weaken), feuchtigkeit (clamminess, dampness, dankness, humidification, humidity, moistness, moisture, sogginess, sweatiness, wet, wetness), feucht (damply, dank, dankly, dewy, drizzly, humid, humide, humidly, moist, moistly, moisty, soggy, sticky, sweaty, wet). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υγραίνω (condition, dabble, dampen, humidify, moisten, wet). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לחות (be confounded, be dismayed, be shattered, be terrified, humidity, moisture, sap, sweat), לח (humid, liquid, moist, moisty, soggy), טחוב (dank, humid, moist, musty), רטוב (humid, moist, moisty, muggy, wet). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nyirkosság (clamminess, dampness, humidity, moist, moistness, moisture, ooze, sweat), nyirkos (clammy, dank, humid, moist, muggy, oozy, raw, soggy), lehangoltság (blues, dejectedness, depression, distemper, gloom, gloominess, oppression), dohos (frouzy, frowzy, fusty, moldy, mouldy, musty, stuffy). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

membasahkuyupi (fresh, remunerative, soak), membasahi (dampen, moisten), lengas (clammy, humid, moist, moisture), lembab (damply, dank, humid, indolent, moist), anyep (bland not salty, clammy). (various references)

   

Irish

  

tais. (various references)

   

Italian

  

umido (dank, dewily, humid, humide, misty, moist, sloppy, soggily, soggy, wet), bagnare (bathe, dabble, dampen, dip, flow through, get wet, irrigate, lave, moisten, soak, sprinkle, steep, sweat, wash, water, wet). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

潤い (gain, moisture, profit, wetness). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しめった (moist, wet), しめっぽい (gloomy), うるおい (gain, moisture, profit, wetness), じめじめした . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

습기 (Dampness, moisture). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tashtaghey, tashid (humidity, moisture, vapour concentration, wetness), tash (clammy, dank, humid, moist, soft, soggy, sweating), mooghey (blank off, blot out, blow out, choking, drown, dull, expire, extinction, extinguish, gulp back, hold back, hush up, jam, quench, shut off, stamp out, stifle, suppress, switch off, turn off), meayllaghey (bald, bare, depilate, depilation, flatten, put back). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

klam (clammy), fuktig (clammy, humid). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ampday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

umidade (humiliate, moisture). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

descuraja (beat down, bring low, cast down, chill, dash, daunt, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, face down, flatten, mope, scare, unnerve), descurajare (dejection, despondency, discouragement, lowness), domoli elanul, potoli elanul, abur (breath, breathing, breeze, exhalation, fog, fume, haze, reek, smoke, smother, steam, vapor, vapour), aburealã (exhalation, fume, reek, steam, vapor, vapour), amortiza (absorb, amortize, break, cushion, deaden, extinguish, liquidate, pay off, redeem), bea un pãhãrel, chef (bacchanalia, banquet, binge, blow out, booze, bust, carousal, debauch, do, drinking bout, fancy, feast, good cheer, libation, racket, relish, revel, spread, spree, whim, wish), gaz de minã (fire-damp), glacial (chill, chilly, cold, frigid, frigidly, frosty, gelid, glacial, icily, icy), igrasios (humid), înãbuşi un foc, jilav (dampy, humid, moist, wet), umiditate (humidity, moisture, rawness, wet), rãci (catch a chill, catch cold, chill, cool, quench, refrigerate), rece (apathetically, bleak, chill, chilly, cold, cold blooded, cold-hearted, coldly, cool, crisp, dank, distant, freezingly, frigid, frosty, glacial, hard-hearted, icily, icy, immovable, impersonal, inhuman, nippy, reserved, snappy, stale, stiff, stony, wintery, wintry), slãbi presiunea, stinge focul, stropi (asperse, beddable, besmear, besmirch, dabble, dash, drop, irrigate, perfuse, smear, smirch, sparge, spatter, speck, splash, splatter, splutter, spray, sprinkle, sputter, squirt, water), tristeţe (blue, dejection, depression, dullness, gloom, heaviness, melancholy, mourning, sadness), ud (humid, moist, soaked, sodden, soggy, wet), uda (bedew, dip, douse, drench, irrigate, moisten, soak, souse, sparge, splash, spray, sprinkle, squirt, stain, steep, wash, water, wet), umed (boggy, dank, humid, juicy, moist, soft, soggy, wet), umezealã (clamminess, dampness, humidity, moistness, moisture, wet), umezi (dabble, humidify, moisten, soak, wet), jilãvi (wet). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сырость (dampness, humidity, moisture, sogginess, wetness), сырой (crude, dabby, dank, green, humid, madid, moist, muggy, poachy, raw, sodden, soggy, unboiled, uncooked, wet), угнетать (depress, dispirite, grind, oppress, press upon, weigh down), уныние (black dog, blue devils, dejection, depression, despondency, discouragement, doldrums, dumps, gloom, low spirits, megrims, melancholy, sadness), смягчать (assuage, attenuate, commute, extenuate, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palatalize, palliate, relax, remit, soft pedal, soften, subdue, tone down), смочить (moisten), смачивать (humect, madefy, moisten, wash, water), тормозить (brake, hamper, lock, skid, slow down), влажный (dank, dewy, humid, madid, moist, muggy, poachy, steamy, wet), обескураживать (daunt, discourage, dishearten, wet blanket, wet-blanket), заглушать (deaden, deafen, drown, muffle, silences, silencing). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

tais (dank, interspersed as metal; timid, soft), bog (moist, soft, va. dip, wet), itidh. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vlaga (dampness, humidity, humour, moisture), vlažan (dabby, dank, dewy, humid, moist, soggy, wet), potištenost (despondency, megrims, mopes, qualmishness), plesniv (fusty, moldy, mouldy), para (fumes, humour, steam, vapor, vapour), ovlažiti (dampen, humect, moisten), nakvasiti (dampen, get slightly wet, get wet, imbrue, liquor, macerate, moisten, wash), memljiv (fusty). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

humedo (humid, moist), mojar (dabble, dampen, dip, douse, drench, dunk, moisten, water, wet), humedad (dampness, humidity, moistness, moisture, mustiness, sogginess, wet, wetness), húmedo (dabby, dank, humid, humide, moist, muggy, watery, wet). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fukt (dampness, moisture, sweat, wet), fuktig (dabby, dank, fresh, green, humid, moist, muggy, soggy, wet). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

keder (dole, dolefulness, dolor, dolour, dreariness, gloominess, grief, heartbreak, low spirits, plaintiveness, ruefulness, sadness, shadow, sorrow, unhappiness, woe), ıslatmak (bedrabble, bedraggle, dampen, douse, dowse, drench, imbrue, moisten, moisturize, saturate, soak, sop, souse, sprinkle, steep, swim, water, wet), üzüntü (affliction, care, chagrin, dejection, desolation, distress, disturbance, fret, grief, hurt, mopes, regret, sadness, sorrow, straits, trouble, unhappiness, woe, worry), aksatma (failure), cesaretini kırma (demoralization), gücünü azaltmak (damp down, weaken), grizu (firedamp, foul air, gas), ıslak (dank, liquid, moist, slobbery, sloppy, soppy, splashy, sticky, tacky, watery, wet), köreltmek (atrophy, blunt, damp down, dampen, dull, rust), su buharı, nem (dampness, dewiness, humidity, hygro-, moisture, wetness), nemlendirmek (dampen, humidify, moisten, moisturize), nemli (dampish, dank, dewy, humid, moist, wet), rutubet (dampness, humidity, hygro-, moistness, moisture, rawness, wet, wetness), rutubetli (clammy, dampish, dank, humid, moist, sour, sticky), söndürmek (attenuate, damp down, dampen, deflate, douse, dowse, extinguish, hydrate, kill, put out, quench, slack, slacken, slake, snuff out, suffocate, switch off, trample out, turn off, turn out), sindirmek (assimilate, cow, digest, Hector, overawe, soften, stand for, stomach), hararetini azaltmak (damp down, quench one's thirst). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

yzgarly (humid), nemli (humid, moist), зig (moist, unripe). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

вологість (clamminess, dampness, humidity, moisture, sweat, weep, wet, wetness), пригнічений (dead alive, dejected, despondent, downward, dull, heavy-laden, low-spirited, vapourish, woebegone, woeful, woesome), притупляти (benumb, deaden, dull, narcotize, opiate, quench, rebate, rust), бентежити (abash, affront, bewilder, confound, confuse, dank, daunt, disarray, discomfit, disconcert, discourage, dismay, disorder, embarrass, embrangle, flummox, muddle, overset, perplex, perturb, puddle, puzzle, upturn), заглушати (deaf, deafen, drown, muffle, narcotize, stifle), змочувати (dabble, drench), зупиняти (arrest, bar, cease, check, deter, halt, hold, hold up, nip, pull up, stanch, staunch, stop, withhold), нудьга (bore, boredom, distemper, dullness, ennui, insipidity, insipidness, monotony, mope, needle, tedium, yearn, yearning), послаблювати (allay, ease, reduce), вологий (chilly, dabby, dank, humid, moisturizing, oozy, poachy, waterish, wet), сумний (afflictive, baleful, cheerless, comfortless, dark, deplorable, despondent, dismal, doleful, drear, dreary, dumpish, dumpy, elegiac, elegiacal, grievous, heavy-hearted, joyless, lamentable, lugubrious, maddening, melancholy, mournful, overcast, plaintive, regrettable, rueful, sad, sorrowful, unhappy, wailful, wan), вогкий (dabby, humid, raw), вогкість (humidity), туман (brume, mist, nebula, vapor, vapour), туманний (brumous, delphic, filmy, foggy, hazy, misty, nebulose, nebulous, nubilous, obscure, soupy, turbid, vaporous, vapourish, vapoury), сирий (crude, dabby, dank, moist, moisty, nebulous, poachy, raw, splashy, wet), сирість (dampness, moisture, wet, wetness), слабкість (adynamia, debilitation, faintness, laxity, vice, weakness), смуток (dejection, depression, despondency, discouragement, funk, shadow, sorrow), випивка (boose, booze, nosedive, pot, potation, wet). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự uống rượu, sự ngã lòng (depression, despondency, discouragement, disheartenment), sự nản lòng (despondency), sự ẩm ướt (dampness), ẩm thấp, ẩm ướt (dank, humid, soft), ẩm (humid), đ" uống có chất rượu. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

lleitho (moisten), lleithder (moisture), llaith (death, moist), gwlybyrog (rainy, wet). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Damp

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old French900-1400

moiste. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Damp

Derivations

Words beginning with "damp": damped, dampen, dampened, dampener, dampeners, dampening, dampens, damper, dampers, dampest, damping, dampings, dampish, damply, dampness, dampnesses, damps. (additional references)

Words ending with "damp": firedamp. (additional references)

Words containing "damp": firedamps, undamped. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Damp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Admap, da, Dacm, Dacmi, daip, Dama, damb, Damd, damm, Damo, dampe, dampf, dampi, dampt, damtp, damy, danm, daph, dapi, dapp, darp, daup, dawm, dbm, Decmpp, demp, Demphu, dhamp, dimp, Dmac, dpm, dumpl, Dwam, dxm, kamp, namp. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Damp"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "damp" (pronounced da"mp)
3-a" m pamp, camp, champ, clamp, cramp, decamp, encamp, Gamp, lamp, ramp, revamp, samp, stamp, tamp, tramp, unclamp, vamp.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Damp

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-m-p"

-1 letter: amp, dam, dap, mad, map, pad, pam.

-2 letters: ad, am, ma, pa.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-m-p"
 

+1 letter: damps.

 

+2 letters: camped, damped, dampen, damper, damply, decamp, lampad, lamped, madcap, mapped, mudcap, palmed, pomade, ramped, tamped, vamped.

 

+3 letters: bedlamp, champed, clamped, cramped, dampens, dampers, dampest, damping, dampish, decamps, diploma, empaled, impaled, impavid, implead, lampads, madcaps, medigap, megapod, mudcaps, mudflap, mudpack, phasmid, plasmid, pomaded, pomades, premade, psalmed, pyramid, roadmap, sampled, scamped, spammed, stamped, swamped, tramped.

 

+4 letters: amidship, amphipod, bedlamps, campused, compadre, compared, dampened, dampener, dampings, dampness, decamped, diazepam, diplomas, diplomat, dopamine, dramshop, dumpcart, empanada, emplaced, emplaned, encamped, ependyma, exampled, firedamp, gazumped, hampered, headlamp, impacted, impaired, imparked, imparted, impasted, impawned, impleads, ladypalm, lampyrid, malposed, medigaps, megapode, megapods, midspace, misadapt, mispaged, misplead, moldwarp, mopboard, mudflaps, mudpacks, myriapod, napalmed, olympiad, oompahed, pachadom, pagandom, pajamaed, palmated, paludism, pampered, pandemic, paradigm, pashadom, phasmids, plasmids, plasmoid, plumaged, pomading, pomander, preadmit, prearmed, psalmody, pyoderma, pyramids, rampaged, remapped, revamped, roadmaps, stampede, stepdame, sympodia, tampered, tamponed, trampled, undamped, unmapped.

 

+5 letters: amidships, ampersand, amphipods, amplidyne, amplified, amplitude, amputated, attempted, bipyramid, clampdown, compacted, compadres, companied, comparted, compassed, compendia, comprador, dampeners, dampening, decamping, deprogram, diaphragm, diazepams, diplomacy, diplomaed, diplomata, diplomate, diplomats, dopamines, dramshops, dumpcarts, empanadas, empaneled, endoplasm, ependymas, epidermal, firedamps, galumphed, harumphed, headlamps, impainted, impaneled, impastoed, impeached, impearled, impedance, implanted, impleaded, ladypalms, lampooned, lampyrids, madrepore, megapodes, midspaces, misadapts, misparsed, misparted, misplaced, misplayed, mispleads, misshaped, misspaced, moldwarps, mopboards, mudcapped, myriapods, nymphalid, olympiads, pachadoms, pachyderm, pagandoms, palladium, paludisms, pandemics, paradigms, paramedic, pashadoms, permeated, plasmodia, plasmoids, polyamide, pomanders, pompadour, preadmits, prewarmed, primordia, prodromal, programed, promenade, pyodermas, pyramidal, pyramided, ramparted, reprimand, resampled, restamped, scampered, shampooed, spasmodic, spermatid, stampeded, stampeder, stampedes, stepdames, swampland, sympodial, unclamped, wampished.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Damp


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 61 6D 70

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    .-    --    .--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100001 01101101 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#97 &#109 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0061 006D 0070

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38677982

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Sounds
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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