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Dampish
see synonyms of dampishAdjective
slightly wet
Example Sentences:'clothes damp with perspiration''a moist breeze''eyes moist with tears'
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Dampish
see synonyms of dampishadjective
1.
slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc
2. archaic
dejected
noun
3.
slight wetness; moisture; humidity
4.
rank air or poisonous gas, esp in a mine
See also firedamp5.
a discouragement; damper
6. archaic
dejection
verb (transitive)
7.
to make slightly wet
8. (often foll by down)
to stifle or deaden
to damp one's ardour
9. (often foll by down)
to reduce the flow of air to (a fire) to make it burn more slowly or to extinguish it
10. physics
to reduce the amplitude of (an oscillation or wave)
11. music
to muffle (the sound of an instrument)
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Dampish
see synonyms of dampish noun
1.
a slight wetness; moisture
2.
a harmful gas sometimes found in mines; firedamp; blackdamp
3. Archaic
a dejected or depressed state
adjective
4.
somewhat moist or wet; humid
5.
dejected; depressed
verb transitive
6.
to make damp; moisten
7.
to slow the combustion of (a fire) by cutting off most of the air supply; bank
usually with down8.
to check or reduce (energy or action)
9.
to check or deaden the vibration of (a piano string, drum membrane, etc.)
10.
to reduce the amplitude of (oscillations, waves, etc.)
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Dampish
see synonyms of dampishadj. damp·er, damp·est
1. Slightly wet: a damp sponge.
2. Humid: damp air.
3. Archaic Dejected; depressed.
n.
1.
a. Moisture in the air; humidity: Come in out of the damp.
b. Moisture that lies or has condensed on something: "I saw the damp lying on the bare hedges and spare grass" (Charles Dickens).
2. Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines.
3. Archaic
a. Lowness of spirits; depression: "An angry or sorrowful [countenance] throws a sudden damp upon me" (David Hume).
b. A restraint or check; a discouragement: "The issue of arms was so slow as to throw a great damp upon volunteering" (James Franck Bright).
tr.v. damped, damp·ing, damps
1. To make damp or moist; moisten.
2. To suppress or extinguish (a fire) by reducing or cutting off air.
3. To restrain or check; discourage: news that damped our enthusiasm.
4. Music To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper.
5. Physics To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).
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