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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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