adj · name · noun · verb · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdæmp/without æ-raising
[ˈdæmp]without æ-raising
Canada, US:/ˈdeə̯mp/
Canada, US:[ˈdeə̯mp]
Canada, US:/ˈdɛə̯mp/
Canada, US:[ˈdɛə̯mp]
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian:/ˈdeːmp/
Australian:[ˈdeːmp]
rhymes with -æmp
CMU ARPABET:D AE1 M P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
25 January 2017, Leena Camadoo writing in The Guardian, Dominican banana producers at sharp end of climate change Once the farms have been drained and the dead plants have been cut down and cleared, farmers then have to be alert for signs of black sigatoka, a devastating fungus which flourishes in damp conditions and can destroy banana farms.
The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.
The paint is still damp, so please don't touch it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
27 July 2016, Jane O’Faherty in The Irish Independent, Monarchs and prison officers win big on second race day Though Travis's 'Why does it always Rain on Me' boomed around the stands, there were few damp spirits in Galway on day two of the races.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
name
Meaning 5
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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6
name
Meaning 6
A surname from English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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7
noun
Meaning 7
Moisture; humidity; dampness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
Fog; fogginess; vapor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Examples
1728, George Carleton (attributed to Daniel Defoe), The Memoirs of an English Officer, London: E. Symon, p. 72, But though the War was proclaim’d, and Preparations accordingly made for it, the Expectations from all receiv’d a sudden Damp, by the as sudden Death of King William.
1866, James David Forbes, letter to A. Wills dated 2 January, 1866, in Life and Letters of James David Forbes, London: Macmaillan, 1873, p. 429, [...] I was concerned to hear from your brother that Mrs. Wills’ health had prevented her accompanying you to Sixt as usual. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Broader terms: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
21
verb
Meaning 21
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: muffle, mute, dull, dampen, tone down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soften
History
Etymology
From Middle English dampen (“to stifle; suffocate”). Akin to Low German damp, Dutch damp, and German Dampf (“vapor, steam, fog”), Icelandic dampi, Swedish damm (“dust”), and to German dampf imperative of dimpfen (“to smoke”). Also Middle English dampen (“to extinguish, choke, suffocate”). Ultimately all descend from Proto-Germanic *dampaz.
Borrowed from German Damp.
Across languages
Translations
135 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مبلول
(mablūl)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Atayal:
msmiy
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Belarusian:
вільготны
(vilʹhótny)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Bulgarian:
вла́жен
(vlážen)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Catalan:
humit
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Chinese Mandarin:
潮濕 /潮湿
(cháoshi)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Chinese Mandarin:
濕潤 /湿润
(shīrùn)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Czech:
vlhký
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Danish:
fugtig
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Dutch:
klam
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Esperanto:
malseketa
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Finnish:
kostea
— Being in a state between dry and wet
French:
humide
— Being in a state between dry and wet
French:
moite
— Being in a state between dry and wet
French:
mouillé
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Friulian:
umid
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Galician:
lento
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Galician:
húmido
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Georgian:
ნოტიო
(noṭio)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Georgian:
ნესტიანი
(nesṭiani)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Georgian:
ტენიანი
(ṭeniani)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
German:
feucht
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Greek:
νοτερός
(noterós)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Ancient Greek:
πλαδαρός
(pladarós)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Hebrew:
לַח
(laẖ)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Hindi:
आर्द्र
(ārdra)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Iban:
embap
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Ido:
humida
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Indonesian:
lembap
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Ingrian:
nepsiä
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Ingrian:
nahkia
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Italian:
umido
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Italian:
bagnato
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Italian:
madido
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Japanese:
湿っぽい
(shimeppoi)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Japanese:
湿った
(shimetta)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Khmer:
សើម
(saəm)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Korean:
축축하다
(chukchukhada)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Central Kurdish:
نِماوی
(nimawî)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Central Kurdish:
نمدار
(nimdar)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Central Kurdish:
شێدار
(şêdar)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Latin:
ūvidus
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Latvian:
mitrs
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Latvian:
mikls
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Latvian:
valgans
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Latvian:
valgs
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Lithuanian:
drėgnas
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Macedonian:
вла́жен
(vlážen)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Malay:
lembap
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Middle English:
moiste
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Norman:
mucre
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Norwegian Bokmål:
fuktig
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Persian:
نمناک
(namnâk)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Polish:
wilgotny
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Portuguese:
úmido
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Portuguese:
húmido
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Romanian:
umed
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Russian:
сыро́й
(syrój)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Serbo-Croatian:
vlažan
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Slovak:
vlhký
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Swedish:
fuktig
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Thai:
ชุ่มชื้น
(chûm-chʉ́ʉn)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Thai:
ชื้น
(chʉ́ʉn)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Thai:
หมาด
(màat)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Turkish:
nemli
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Turkish:
rutubetli
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Ottoman Turkish:
یاش
(yaş)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Ottoman Turkish:
اصلاق
(ıslak)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Ottoman Turkish:
صولاق
(sulak)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Ukrainian:
сирий
(syryj)
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Vietnamese:
ẩm
— Being in a state between dry and wet
Woiwurrung:
taban
— Being in a state between dry and wet
ǃXóõ:
ǁn̥âʻm
— Being in a state between dry and wet
