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damp

English

  1. 🔊 slightly wet
    “clothes damp with perspiration”
  2. 🔊 a slight wetness
  3. 🔊 restrain or discourage
    “the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere”
  4. 🔊 lessen in force or effect
    “soften a shock”
  5. 🔊 make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
    “muffle the message”
  6. 🔊 deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

Similar words

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