Crossword-Solution: DAMP
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Damp | n. | Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. |
| Damp | n. | Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. |
| Damp | n. | A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. |
| Damp | superl. | Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. |
| Damp | superl. | Dejected; depressed; sunk. |
| Damp | n. | To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth. |
| Damp | n. | To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATERE
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greedy person
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Sentences with DAMP (5)
They will find the cake and they will gobble it up, because, having no mother, they don’t know how dangerous ’tis to eat rich damp cake.” He burst into laughter, not hollow laughter now, but honest laughter.
But she said: ‘I care not for you, Care not for your belts of wampum, Care not for your paint and feathers, Care not for your jests and laughter; I am happy with Osseo!’ “Once to some great feast invited, Through the damp and dusk of evening, Walked together the ten sisters, Walked together with their husbands; Slowly followed old Osseo, With fair Oweenee beside him; All the others chatted gayly, These two only walked in silence.
All these and more came flocking; but with looks Down cast and damp, yet such wherein appear’d Obscure som glimps of joy, to have found thir chief Not in despair, to have found themselves not lost In loss it self; which on his count’nance cast Like doubtful hue: but he his wonted pride Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore Semblance of worth not substance, gently rais’d Their fainted courage, and dispel’d their fears.
Their volubility drowned every other noise in the place, and the overheated store sounded of their spirited language as it reeked of pipe smoke, damp woolens, and kerosene.
Its activity in sucking the moisture from the rich damp sod was almost a process observable by the eye.
Quotes with DAMP (3)
Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them. He was not unusual in this. In order to maintain his cover as a typical second-hand book seller, he used every means short of actual physical violence to prevent customers from making a purchase. Unpleasant damp smells, glowering looks, erratic opening hours - he was incredibly good at it.
The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.
Cheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach,” I agreed. He looked blank, so I repeated it with proper emphasis. “ ChEEZ-zes crusty. Got Al -musty. Got DAMp on the Stoneofapea CH.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 372 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).