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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : damp
Phonetic Transcription : dæmp



Definition of damps

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 moisture : noun dampness; liquid
  • As in pall : noun cloud, gloom
  • As in wet : noun dampness, moisture
  • As in soak : verb drench, wet
  • As in steep : verb let soak
  • As in water : verb dampen; put water in
  • As in wet : verb cause to become damp, moist
  • As in deaden : verb diminish, muffle, quiet
  • As in demoralize : verb depress, unnerve
  • As in depress : verb deject, make despondent; exhaust
  • As in deter : verb check, inhibit from action
  • As in dishearten : verb depress, ruin one's hopes
Example sentences :
  • Yes; and I dare say we shall all have the fever, from the damps and bad smells of this place.
  • Extract from : « The Settlers at Home » by Harriet Martineau
  • It chills me more than the damps of night, to which I am accustomed.
  • Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • Wretched days of fogs and mists and damps were almost unknown.
  • Extract from : « Winter Adventures of Three Boys » by Egerton R. Young
  • Very glorious was the atmosphere, for there were no fogs, no mists, no damps.
  • Extract from : « By Canoe and Dog-Train » by Egerton Ryerson Young
  • Again she kissed his brow, and with her hair wiped from it the damps of night.
  • Extract from : « The Last Days of Pompeii » by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
  • Whether the Mine be troubled with Damps, and of what kind they are?
  • Extract from : « Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 » by Various
  • Must the glow of indignation mingle with the damps of death?
  • Extract from : « Self-control » by Mary Brunton
  • The money spent, down they sink again into damps and darkness.
  • Extract from : « Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal » by William Beckford
  • Philosophy, while it soothes the reason, damps the ambition.
  • Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood
  • Meanwhile the rats are devouring them, and the damps destroying them.
  • Extract from : « Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 1 » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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