Antonyms for dampish

Grammar : Adj

Spell : damp

Phonetic Transcription : dæmp

Definition of dampish

Origin : late 14c., "to suffocate," from damp (n.). Figurative meaning "to deaden (the spirits, etc.)" attested by 1540s. Meaning "to moisten" is recorded from 1670s. Related: Damped; damping.

As in moist : adj wet, wettish
As in muggy : adj humid

Example sentences :

She thrust a warm, dampish letter into his hand as the train moved.
Extract from : « The Railway Children » by E. Nesbit

I'm afraid your beds are dampish; perhaps you had better go to your brother's room; I've left the ceiling on there.
Extract from : « The Ontario Readers » by Ontario Ministry of Education

Indeed Jim did have a dampish look—his eyelashes and eyebrows were beaded with the moisture.
Extract from : « Frontier Boys in Frisco » by Wyn Roosevelt

I'm afraid your beds are dampish; perhaps you had better go to your brother's room; I've left the ceiling on, there.
Extract from : « Children's Literature » by Charles Madison Curry

Simultaneously his nose informed him' that this room was heavy with a pent, dampish taint.
Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb

At this period the grains beneath the surface are dampish to the touch.
Extract from : « A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products » by F. B. Wright

This makes a dampish cloth for dusting the base-boards, window sills, and other woodwork as well as the furniture.
Extract from : « Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts » by Girl Scouts

He stripped off his coat, which was dampish, and revealed a dirty shirt and the dilapidated tops of his small clothes.
Extract from : « The Path of the King » by John Buchan

When I went home for dinner yesterday noon I give you my word my clothes was kind of dampish even then.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

If the paper is left in a dampish room for fifteen minutes, it should be sufficient.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 » by Various

Synonyms for dampish

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