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What is the adjective for moisty?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs moisten, moisturize, moisturise, moistify and moistureproof which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

moist
  1. Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp. [from 14th c.]
  2. Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears. [from 14th c.]
  3. Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp. [from 14th c.]
  4. (sciences, now historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterised by wetness. [from 14th c.]
  5. (obsolete) Watery, liquid, fluid. [14th-17th c.]
  6. (medicine) Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc. [from 14th c.]
  7. Synonyms:
      8. damp, wet, soggy, soaking, saturated, dampish, dripping, clammy, sticky, humid, muggy, dank, sweaty, steamy, oozy, dewy, wettish, rainy, drizzly, drippy, irriguous, drizzling, moisture-laden, not dry, soaked, drenched, bathed, sultry, sodden, mucky, waterlogged, sopping, slimy, watery, sloppy, soppy, gooey, perspiring, sweating, washed, bedraggled, awash, watered, doused, heavy, dowsed, soused, marshy, saturate, stifling … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “Plashing across the moist floor till his boots were red with wine, the mate found a pile of rubbish heaped against the wall.”
      “Sear it over a medium-hot fire to create a caramelized exterior, and then finish it over the cool zone for a moist and juicy center.”
      “She passed her handkerchief over her moist eyes and excused herself.”
moisturizing
  1. (advertising slang) That which appears to moisturize; that which humidifies.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. emollient, soothing, lenitive, palliative, balsamic, calmative, demulcent, assuaging, mollifying, softening, assuasive, relieving, humectant, healing … more
moistless
  1. Without moisture; dry.
moistenable
  1. Capable of being moistened.
moistured
  1. Supplied with moisture.
moistureproof
  1. Resistant to moisture.
moistureless
  1. Devoid of moisture.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. parched, arid, waterless, dehydrated, desiccated, torrid, baked, droughty, desert, sear, thirsty, anhydrous, sere, barren, evaporated, drained, hard, juiceless, sapless, unmoistened, rainless, shrivelled, shriveled, athirst, depleted, desiccant, exhausted, sapped, bare, bald, dusty, impoverished, stale, dried-up, bone-dry, not irrigated, dry, dried up, scorched, dried out, dry as a bone, dried, bone dry, seared, torrefied, sun-baked, dry as dust, preserved, without water, burnt … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The dry moistureless desert is perhaps the most perfect place for this type of new technology.”
      “Adam breathed deeply of the moistureless, high-altitude air and felt a familiar, if long absent soreness in his throat and his sinus.”
      “In dry caves, preservation is often excellent, due to moistureless air and limited bacterial activity.”
moistful
  1. (archaic) Full of moisture.
moistish
  1. Somewhat moist.
moisty
  1. moist
moister
  1. comparative form of moist: more moist
  2. Synonyms:
      3. damper, wetter, soggier, clammier, stickier, humider, muggier, danker, sweatier, steamier, oozier, dewier, rainier, drizzlier, drippier, more soaking, more saturated, more dampish, more wettish, more irriguous, more soaked, more drenched, sultrier, more sodden, muckier, more waterlogged, more sopping, slimier, waterier, sloppier, more perspiring, more sweating, soppier, gooier, more bedraggled, more awash, more watered, heavier, more stifling, more soused, marshier, mushier, squelchier, squidgier, closer, stuffier, slushier, quaggier, mirier, squishier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The mouthfeel is especially pleasing, smooth and creamy like Gruyere, but moister, with none of the sandiness that Gruyere can have.”
      “Starting the bird breast down, then turning it over to brown, didn't keep the meat any moister.”
      “The air became moister and the deep rumble of the waterfall could be heard, it was certain that they were not far off.”
moistest
  1. superlative form of moist: most moist
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dampest, wettest, soggiest, clammiest, stickiest, humidest, muggiest, dankest, sweatiest, steamiest, ooziest, dewiest, rainiest, drizzliest, drippiest, most soaking, most saturated, most dampish, most wettish, most irriguous, most soaked, most drenched, sultriest, most sodden, muckiest, most waterlogged, most sopping, slimiest, wateriest, sloppiest, most perspiring, most sweating, soppiest, gooiest, most bedraggled, most awash, most watered, heaviest, most stifling, most soused, marshiest, mushiest, squelchiest, squidgiest, closest, stuffiest, slushiest, quaggiest, miriest, squishiest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The third is, the hygroscope, moving the punch, which shews the difference between the moistest and driest airs.”
      “They do well alike in mountain pastures and amid the herbage of the moistest plainland.”
moistened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of moisten
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wet, wetted, soaked, drenched, sprayed, dampened, sopped, sprinkled, watered, bathed, splashed, washed, waterlogged, damped, saturated, showered, rinsed, steeped, irrigated, humidified, bedewed, splattered, squirted, dipped, dewed, moisturised, moisturized, humected, humified, sparged, licked, sogged, steamed, misted, made wet, rained on, watered down, doused, soused, wet down, drowned, immersed, dowsed, spattered, soddened, plunged, sloshed, submerged, flooded, laved … more
moistening
  1. present participle of moisten
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wetting, soaking, drenching, spraying, dampening, sopping, sprinkling, watering, bathing, splashing, washing, waterlogging, damping, saturating, showering, rinsing, steeping, irrigating, humidifying, bedewing, splattering, squirting, dipping, dewing, moisturising, moisturizing, humecting, humifying, sparging, licking, sogging, steaming, misting, making wet, raining on, watering down, dousing, sousing, drowning, immersing, dowsing, spattering, soddening, plunging, sloshing, submerging, flooding, bedraggling, slopping, laving … more
moisturized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of moisturize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. oiled, creamed, cleansed, greased, slicked, waxed, smeared, anointed, larded, loosened, smoothed, lubed, tallowed, made, lubricated, smeared with oil, covered with oil, made smooth, made slippery, oiled the wheels, rubbed with oil, moisturised, dampened, wet, wetted, moistened, soaked, humidified, drenched, saturated, watered, bedewed, hydrated, irrigated, damped, dewed, humected, humified, sparged, remoisturized, quenched, sprayed, sopped, sprinkled, bathed, splashed, washed, waterlogged, showered, rinsed … more
moisturised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of moisturise
moisturising
  1. present participle of moisturise
moistified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of moistify
moistifying
  1. present participle of moistify
moistureproofed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of moistureproof
moistureproofing
  1. present participle of moistureproof
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