dank
[adjective]
Synonyms: damp, dampish, moist, moisty, wettish

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English Thesaurus: damp, humid, muggy, dank, moist, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

dank /dæŋk/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]
unpleasantly wet and cold:
a dank prison cell
—dankness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

damp slightly wet, especially in a cold unpleasant way:
It was a cold damp morning.
humid hot and damp in an unpleasant way:
Florida can be very humid in the summer.
muggy warm and damp and making you feel uncomfortable:
This muggy weather gives me a headache.
dank dank air is cold and damp and smells unpleasant – used especially about the air inside a room:
The dank air smelled of stale sweat.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

damp slightly wet:
Iron the shirt while it is still damp.
a damp cloth
moist slightly wet, especially when this is pleasant or how something should be:
a moist chocolate cake
The cream helps to keep your skin moist.
Make sure that the soil is moist.
clammy slightly wet and sticky, in an unpleasant way – used especially about someone’s skin:
His hands were cold and clammy.
humid hot and damp in an unpleasant way:
Florida can be very humid in the summer.
muggy warm and damp and making you feel uncomfortable:
This muggy weather gives me a headache.
dank dank air is cold and damp and smells unpleasant – used especially about the air inside a room:
The dank air smelled of stale sweat.

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