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Definition of damp : 1. A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
2. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
3. Dejected; depressed; sunk.
4. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
5. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
6. 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.
7. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

Synonyms:

expose, stifle, undermine, counteract, yield, reveal, dry, repress, break down, conk out, better, check, mute, go against, subvert, break away, relegate, die, break, countermine, give away, demote, blunt, kick downstairs, get out, moisten, dull, pause, fall in, dampish, stop, part, tone down, go bad, give, recrudesce, soggy, moistness, breach, ruin, let out, fracture, deaden, girdle, go, buffer, tame, sodden, founder, relent, let on, offend, muffle, come apart, develop, crack, cloudy, pall, fall apart, cave in, give out, bump, de-escalate, bust, erupt, transgress, numb, separate, collapse, dampness, snap off, discontinue, get around, fail, moderate, split up, break off, weaken, wear, strangle, bring out, break dance, mince, wear out, break in, step down, infract, dampen, smash, cushion, benumb, intermit, disclose, burst, smother, soften, divulge, interrupt, sabotage, violate, discover, give way, break up, break out, wash, unwrap, bankrupt, split

dewy, humid, dank, clammy, moist, wet, muggy

Usage examples:

• This place is so damp and cold. - "Master Olof A Drama in Five Acts", August Strindberg.
• His eyes were damp. - "The Idol of Paris", Sarah Bernhardt.
• He found a door that was worn and old; The night was damp and the wind was cold. - "Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul", Various.