Dampness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Moisture; moistness; moderate humidity: as, the
dampness
of a fog, of the ground, or of a cloth.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Moderate
humidity
;
moisture
;
fogginess
;
moistness
.
noun.
Degree to which something is
damp
or
moist
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noun.
a slight wetness
Word Usage
"Across his chest he laid his Mauser rifle, lingering affectionately for a moment to wipe the dampness from the barrel."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
wetness
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
clamminess
dankness
rawness
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
blackness
chill
coldness
damp
dew
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bogginess
damp
dewiness
exudation
fogginess
verb-stem
damp