damp
adjective /dæmp/
/dæmp/
(comparative damper, superlative dampest)
Idioms - slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant
- The cottage was cold and damp.
- It feels damp in here.
- damp clothes
- Wipe the surface with a damp cloth.
Synonyms wetwet- moist
- damp
- soaked
- drenched
- saturated
- wet covered with or full of liquid, especially water:
- The car had skidded on the wet road.
- You’ll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now.
- moist slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful:
- a lovely rich moist cake
- damp slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant:
- The cottage was cold and damp.
- soaked (rather informal) very wet:
- You’re soaked through! (= completely wet)
- drenched very wet:
- We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin.
- saturated very wet:
- The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything.
- wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with something
- soaked/drenched in something
- somebody’s coat/shirt/shoes/clothes/hair is/are wet/damp/soaked/drenched
- wet/moist/damp/saturated ground/earth
- to get wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated
Extra ExamplesTopics Weatherc1- Our clothes had got a bit damp.
- The rain had made the walls damp.
- The room smelled damp.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the noun sense ‘noxious inhalation’): of West Germanic origin; related to a Middle Low German word meaning ‘vapour, steam, smoke’.
Idioms
a damp squib
- (British English, informal) an event that is disappointing because it is not as exciting or impressive as expected
- The celebrations were a bit of a damp squib.