Synonyms for wetness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wet

Phonetic Transcription : wɛt

Top 10 synonyms for wetness

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for wetness

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