dampness+dank
11wet — [wet] adj. wetter, wettest [ME < OE wæt, akin to ON vatr: for IE base see WATER] 1. moistened, covered, or saturated with water or other liquid 2. rainy; foggy; misty [a wet day] 3. not yet dry [wet paint] 4 …
12wet — I. a. 1. Damp, moist, humid, dank. 2. Rainy, showery, very damp. II. n. 1. Humidity, moisture, dampness, wetness. 2. Rainy weather, foggy or misty weather. III. v. a. Moisten, damp, dampen, sprinkle, soak …
13damp — 1. adjective her hair was damp Syn: moist, moistened, wettish, dampened, dampish; humid, steamy, muggy, clammy, sweaty, sticky, dank, moisture laden, wet, wetted; rainy, drizzly, showery, misty …
14wet — adj 1. dampened, damped, moistened; moist, damp; soaked, drenched, wringing wet, wet through, saturated; soppy, sopping, dripping, sodden, soggy. 2. misty, foggy, vaporous, dewy; drizzling, showery, rainy; pouring, monsoonal, raining cats and… …
15damp — 1. adjective her hair was damp Syn: moist, humid, muggy, clammy, sweaty, dank, wet, rainy, drizzly, showery, misty, foggy, dewy Ant: dry 2. noun the damp in the air …
16wet — [adj] damp, moist aqueous, clammy, dank, dewy, drenched, dripping, drizzling, foggy, humid, misty, moistened, muggy, pouring, raining, rainy, saturate, saturated, showery, slimy, slippery, slushy, snowy, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping,… …
17damp — [damp] n. [MDu, vapor, steam, akin to OHG, MHG, Ger dampf < IE base * dhem , to smoke, mist > DANK] 1. a slight wetness; moisture 2. a harmful gas sometimes found in mines; firedamp; blackdamp 3. Archaic a dejected or depressed state adj. 1 …
18clamminess — noun unpleasant wetness • Syn: ↑dankness • Derivationally related forms: ↑clammy, ↑dank (for: ↑dankness) • Hypernyms: ↑damp, ↑ …
19dankness — noun unpleasant wetness • Syn: ↑clamminess • Derivationally related forms: ↑clammy (for: ↑clamminess), ↑dank • Hypernyms: ↑damp, ↑ …
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