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Antonyms for wetness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : wet |
Phonetic Transcription : wɛt |
Definition of wetness
Origin :- Old English wætan "to be wet;" see wet (adj.). Related: Wetted; wetting.
- As in moisture : noun dampness; liquid
- As in precipitation : noun moisture in air or falling from sky
- As in wet : noun dampness, moisture
- As in stickiness : noun humidity
- As in humidity : noun very damp weather
- Now we gave our attention to the wetness of garments, for we were chilled blue.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- The natives, however, impute these defects to the wetness of the season.
- Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers » by Various
- All beneath the trees is water, and the air is full of warm steam and wetness.
- Extract from : « The Lost Continent » by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
- A wetness other than that from the coyote's tongue slid down his forehead now.
- Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton
- But at first we did not attend to dryness so much as to mud and wetness.
- Extract from : « The Maine Woods » by Henry David Thoreau
- Extremes of heat or cold, wetness or dryness, are fatal to the pear.
- Extract from : « The Pears of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
- He felt the chill of the snow under his knees, and its wetness in his cuffs.
- Extract from : « Seven Keys to Baldpate » by Earl Derr Biggers
- In the North of Ireland the peasantry pronounce the word witness "wetness."
- Extract from : « Law and Laughter » by George Alexander Morton
- She felt a lump in her throat, a smile on her lips, and a wetness in her eyes.
- Extract from : « The Salamander » by Owen Johnson
- Gilbert picked his way around these impediments of wetness and débris.
- Extract from : « Tom Slade's Double Dare » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Synonyms for wetness
- clamminess
- cloudburst
- condensation
- damp
- dampness
- dankness
- dew
- dewiness
- drizzle
- evaporation
- fog
- fogginess
- hail
- hailstorm
- heaviness
- heavy dew
- humectation
- humidity
- humidness
- liquid
- mist
- moistness
- moisture
- mugginess
- oppressiveness
- perspiration
- precip
- precipitation
- rain
- rainfall
- rains
- rainstorm
- sleet
- snow
- sogginess
- steam
- steaminess
- stickiness
- storm
- sultriness
- sweat
- sweatiness
- swelter
- thickness
- vaporization
- water
- wateriness
- wet
- wetness
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