Damp word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "damp" word
[adjective] slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"
[verb] lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
[verb] make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
[verb] restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"
[verb] deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping
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\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.
Synonyms for damp
break, dampen, dampen, dampish, dampness, dull, moist, moistness, muffle, mute, soften, tone down, weaken, wet
See also: blunt | check | clamminess | contain | control | curb | damp | dankness | deaden | deafen | hold | hold in | moderate | soften | wetness |
Related terms: crack down on, dampness, deflect, deter, dewy, drown, exudation, fenny, keep down, lighten, lower, lower the spirits, malaria, meddle, mistiness, mitigate, moistiness, muggy, muzzle, play down, pour water on, reduce the temperature, slacken, slow down, smoke, soften the blow, stereotype, unnerve, wet, wet down
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Let's analyse "damp" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: PMAD. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
damp: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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