Meanings
plural dampnesses
- uncountableusuallyModerate humidity; moisture; moistness; the state or quality of being damp.
They hadn't reckoned with the attendant personality disorders, which the coldness, the darkness, the dampness, the crampedness and the loneliness were doing nothing to decrease.
1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 1361 more example
With 3,600 h.p. underfoot, acceleration was reasonably brisk, but the flickering wheel-slip indicator light showed the prudence of not putting full power through the traction motors while there were traces of early-morning dampness on the rails.
1960 August, R. K. Evans, “Railway Modernisation in Spain”, in Trains Illustrated, page 494
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Dutch vochtigheid, vochtigheid
- vochtigheidmoderate humidity
- vochtigheiddegree to which something is damp
- vochtigheidsgraaddegree to which something is damp
Finnish kosteus, kosteus
- kosteusmoderate humidity
- kosteusdegree to which something is damp
French moiteur
- moiteurmoderate humidity
Hindi आर्द्रता, नमी
- आर्द्रता (ārdratā)moderate humidity
- नमी (namī)moderate humidity
- आर्द्रता (ārdratā)degree to which something is damp
Latvian mitrums, miklums
- mitrumsmoderate humidity
- miklumsmoderate humidity
- valgumsmoderate humidity
- valganumsmoderate humidity
Persian زغار
- زغار (zaġâr)moderate humidity
Polish wilgoć, wilgotność
- wilgoćmoderate humidity
- wilgotnośćdegree to which something is damp
Romanian umezeală
- umezealămoderate humidity
Russian вла́жность, сы́рость
- вла́жность (vlážnostʹ)moderate humidity
- сы́рость (sýrostʹ)moderate humidity
- вла́жность (vlážnostʹ)degree to which something is damp
Swedish fuktighet, fukt
- fuktighetmoderate humidity
- fuktmoderate humidity
- fuktighetdegree to which something is damp
- fuktighetsgraddegree to which something is damp
Cite this entry
dampness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dampness
“dampness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dampness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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