Antonyms for dampness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : damp |
Phonetic Transcription : dæmp |
Definition of dampness
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 vapor : noun fumes, mist
- As in stickiness : noun humidity
- As in sultriness : noun mugginess
- As in humidity : noun very damp weather
- The dripping of water reached the ear; the smell of dampness the nostrils.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Round these there were circles of dampness, showing that evaporation was taking place.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- A faint, searching woods perfume of dampness greets your nostrils.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- The only thing she did not like was the courtyard's dampness.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- The dampness was affecting him, and he wrapped his muffler more closely about his neck.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- No dampness or phosphorus impaired the clarity of its walls.
- Extract from : « The Heads of Apex » by Francis Flagg
- In this way, the asphalt is held in position, and is an absolute prevention of dampness.
- Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
- The night winds were drying the dampness from the marble brow.
- Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- A breath of dampness wafts to me The musty odour of the vault.
- Extract from : « Enamels and Cameos and other Poems » by Thophile Gautier
- As it was, the incessant chill and dampness of the weather had done his health no good.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
Synonyms for dampness
- breath
- clamminess
- condensation
- dampness
- dankness
- dew
- dewiness
- effluvium
- evaporation
- exhalation
- fog
- fogginess
- gas
- haze
- heaviness
- humectation
- humidity
- humidness
- miasma
- moistness
- moisture
- mugginess
- oppressiveness
- reek
- smog
- smoke
- sogginess
- steam
- steaminess
- stickiness
- sultriness
- sweatiness
- swelter
- thickness
- vaporization
- wet
- wetness
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