Antonyms for damps

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : damp

Phonetic Transcription : dæmp

Definition of damps

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 moisture : noun dampness; liquid
As in pall : noun cloud, gloom
As in wet : noun dampness, moisture
As in soak : verb drench, wet
As in steep : verb let soak
As in water : verb dampen; put water in
As in wet : verb cause to become damp, moist
As in deaden : verb diminish, muffle, quiet
As in demoralize : verb depress, unnerve
As in depress : verb deject, make despondent; exhaust
As in deter : verb check, inhibit from action
As in dishearten : verb depress, ruin one's hopes

Example sentences :

Yes; and I dare say we shall all have the fever, from the damps and bad smells of this place.
Extract from : « The Settlers at Home » by Harriet Martineau

It chills me more than the damps of night, to which I am accustomed.
Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth

Wretched days of fogs and mists and damps were almost unknown.
Extract from : « Winter Adventures of Three Boys » by Egerton R. Young

Very glorious was the atmosphere, for there were no fogs, no mists, no damps.
Extract from : « By Canoe and Dog-Train » by Egerton Ryerson Young

Again she kissed his brow, and with her hair wiped from it the damps of night.
Extract from : « The Last Days of Pompeii » by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Whether the Mine be troubled with Damps, and of what kind they are?
Extract from : « Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 » by Various

Must the glow of indignation mingle with the damps of death?
Extract from : « Self-control » by Mary Brunton

The money spent, down they sink again into damps and darkness.
Extract from : « Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal » by William Beckford

Philosophy, while it soothes the reason, damps the ambition.
Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood

Meanwhile the rats are devouring them, and the damps destroying them.
Extract from : « Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 1 » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms for damps

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