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What is the adjective for damp?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs damp and dampen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

damped
  1. (of an extinguished fire) stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water
  2. (physics) Possessing a nonzero damping ratio.
damp
  1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
  2. (figuratively) despondent; dispirited, downcast
  3. Synonyms:
      4. moist, humid, clammy, wet, muggy, sticky, dank, dripping, soggy, sultry, soaked, drenched, sodden, saturated, waterlogged, sopping, soaking, steamy, sweaty, oozy, dampish, drizzly, rainy, dewy, misty, wettish, showery, moistened, dampened, foggy, irriguous, drippy, cloudy, vaporous, wetted, claggy, moisture-laden, mucky, close, heavy, stifling, bathed, watery, slimy, stuffy, squidgy, squelchy, gooey, airless, like a sauna … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Shaking her head, she sat herself down on a cold and slightly damp bench.”
      “There were a few damp spirits in Galway on day two of the races.”
      “The Telugu Titans did the league no favors by turning out a damp effort at home.”
dampish
  1. (obsolete) Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.
  2. Moderately damp or moist.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. damp, moist, dank, wettish, humid, sticky, clammy, muggy, soggy, steamy, sweaty, wet, sultry, dripping, close, dewy, moisture-laden, saturated, soaking, stifling, oozy, stuffy, rainy, drizzly, oppressive, airless, drippy, irriguous, mucky, heavy, like a Turkish bath, like a sauna, drizzling, not dry, musty, unaired, chilly, slimy, fusty, suffocating, fuggy, soupy, warm, soaked, drenched, sodden, waterlogged, sopping, misty, showery … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “It was lunchtime on a dampish day which may have accounted for the small number of customers.”
      “Cook mushrooms and garlic in the butter gently, adding enough breadcrumbs to make a dampish stuffing.”
      “The best crops come from plants that can be kept dampish in summer and dryish in winter.”
dampy
  1. (obsolete) Somewhat damp.
  2. (obsolete) Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.
damper
  1. comparative form of damp: more damp
  2. Synonyms:
      3. moister, humider, clammier, wetter, muggier, stickier, danker, soggier, sultrier, steamier, sweatier, oozier, drizzlier, rainier, dewier, mistier, showerier, foggier, drippier, cloudier, claggier, more soaked, more drenched, more sodden, more saturated, more waterlogged, more sopping, more soaking, more dampish, more wettish, more irriguous, more vaporous, closer, muckier, stuffier, heavier, more airless, more stifling, waterier, slimier, squidgier, squelchier, more oppressive, gooier, marshier, sloppier, mushier, squishier, soppier, more bedraggled … more
dampsome
  1. Characterised or marked by dampness
dampable
  1. Capable of being damped.
damperless
  1. Without a damper.
dampest
  1. superlative form of damp: most damp Most damp.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. moistest, humidest, clammiest, wettest, muggiest, stickiest, dankest, soggiest, sultriest, steamiest, sweatiest, ooziest, drizzliest, rainiest, dewiest, mistiest, showeriest, foggiest, drippiest, cloudiest, claggiest, most soaked, most drenched, most sodden, most saturated, most waterlogged, most sopping, most soaking, most dampish, most wettish, most irriguous, most vaporous, closest, muckiest, stuffiest, heaviest, most airless, most stifling, wateriest, slimiest, squidgiest, squelchiest, most oppressive, gooiest, marshiest, sloppiest, mushiest, squishiest, soppiest, most bedraggled … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Because your bathroom is the dampest and warmest area of your home, it's the most likely to grow mold and mildew.”
      “The men's final was not quite as one-sided as the Graf-Zvereva match, but for the French nation it would provide the dampest of damp squibs.”
      “Bodmer recently lost his wife to breast cancer, but even the dampest of winter afternoons finds him upbeat about the future.”
damping
  1. present participle of damp
  2. Synonyms:
      3. moistening, dampening, wetting, bedewing, humidifying, dewing, irrigating, soaking, watering, humecting, humifying, moisturising, moisturizing, sparging, drenching, spraying, sprinkling, saturating, sopping, bathing, waterlogging, steeping, sousing, rinsing, washing, soddening, splashing, dowsing, flooding, bedraggling, drowning, wetting down, showering, dousing, besprinkling, hosing, deluging, impregnating, inundating, fertigating, imbuing, making wet, watering down, hosing down, wetting through, dabbling, making damp, submerging, immersing, spattering … more
dampened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dampen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. moistened, wet, wetted, damped, sprayed, sprinkled, watered, humidified, bedewed, irrigated, rinsed, dewed, humected, humified, sparged, besprinkled, dabbled, made damp, soaked, drenched, splashed, saturated, moisturized, moisturised, waterlogged, doused, sopped, wet down, bathed, showered, washed, steeped, spattered, made wet, dipped, soused, hosed, soddened, flooded, dowsed, drowned, bedraggled, squirted, hydrated, fertigated, imbued, watered down, misted, hosed down, baptised … more
dampening
  1. present participle of dampen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. moistening, wetting, damping, spraying, sprinkling, watering, humidifying, bedewing, irrigating, rinsing, dewing, humecting, humifying, sparging, besprinkling, dabbling, making damp, soaking, drenching, splashing, saturating, moisturizing, moisturising, waterlogging, dousing, sopping, bathing, showering, washing, steeping, spattering, making wet, dipping, sousing, hosing, soddening, flooding, dowsing, drowning, bedraggling, squirting, hydrating, fertigating, imbuing, watering down, misting, hosing down, wetting down, baptising, baptizing … more
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