damp implies a slight or moderate absorption and often connotes an unpleasant degree of moisture.

Damp, humid, moist mean slightly wet. Damp usually implies slight and extraneous wetness, generally undesirable or unpleasant unless the result of intention: a damp cellar; to put a damp …

DAMP meaning: 1. slightly wet, especially in a way that is not pleasant or comfortable: 2. water in the air, in…. Learn more.

Something that's damp is slightly wet or soggy. If your shoes are damp when you enter your friend's white-carpeted house, you should probably take them off.

1. slightly wet; moist: a damp cellar; a damp towel. 2. unenthusiastic; dejected; depressed: a rather damp reception. n. 3. moisture; humidity; moist air.

Damp is moisture that is found on the inside walls of a house or in the air. There was damp everywhere and the entire building was in need of rewiring.

Definition of damp adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

3 days ago · Unceasing, soaking rain was falling; the very lamps seemed obscured by the damp upon the glass, and their light reached but to a little distance from the posts.

Wipe up the mess with a damp cloth. Her forehead was damp with perspiration. My hair's still damp from the rain.

DAMP definition: 1. slightly wet, especially in a way that is not pleasant or comfortable: 2. water in the air, in…. Learn more.