Meanings
present singular third person moistens · participle present moistening · participle past moistened · past moistened · first person past singular moistened · archaic present second person singular moistenest · past second person singular moistened · archaic past second person singular moistenedst · present singular third person moistens · archaic present singular third person moisteneth · past singular third person moistened · past plural moistened · past subjunctive moistened · participle present moistening · participle past moistened
- intransitiveTo become moist or moister.
His eyes began to moisten as he held back tears.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Bulgarian навлажнявам, навлажнявам се
- навлажнявам (navlažnjavam)to make moist
- навлажнявам се (navlažnjavam se)to become moist
Catalan humectar
- humectarto make moist
Chinese Mandarin 使湿润
- 使湿润to make moist
Czech navlhčit, vlhnout
- navlhčitto make moist
- vlhnoutto become moist
- zvlhnoutto become moist
Esperanto malsekigi
- malsekigito make moist
Finnish kostuttaa, kostua
- kostuttaato make moist
- kostuato become moist
French humidifier, humecter
- humidifierto make moist
- humecterto make moist
- mouillerto become moist
German anfeuchten, befeuchten
- anfeuchtento make moist
- befeuchtento make moist
- feucht werdento become moist
Italian inumidire
- inumidireto make moist
Korean 적시다, 젖다
- 적시다 (jeoksida)to make moist
- 젖다 (jeotda)to become moist
Latin madefacio, lavo
- madefacioto make moist
- lavoto make moist
- imbuōto make moist
- arrōrōto make moist
Māori takawai, whakamākū
- takawaito make moist
- whakamākūto make moist
- whakamākūkūto make moist
Persian خیسیدن, خیساندن
- خیسیدن (xīsīdan)to make moist
- خیساندن (xīsāndan)to become moist
Polish nawilżać, nawilżyć
- nawilżaćto make moist
- nawilżyćto make moist
- zwilżaćto make moist
- zwilżyćto make moist
- skraplaćto make moist
- skroplićto make moist
- zraszaćto make moist
- zrosićto make moist
- skraplać sięto become moist
- skroplić sięto become moist
- wilgotniećto become moist
- zwilgotniećto become moist
Portuguese humedecer, umedecer
- humedecerto make moist
- umedecerto make moist
- humidecerto make moist
- molharto make moist
Romanian uda, umezi
- udato make moist
- umezito make moist
- muiato make moist
Russian увлажня́ть, увлажни́ть
- увлажня́ть (uvlažnjátʹ)to make moist
- увлажни́ть (uvlažnítʹ)to make moist
- увлажня́ться (uvlažnjátʹsja)to become moist
- увлажни́ться (uvlažnítʹsja)to become moist
Spanish humedecer, mojar
- humedecerto make moist
- mojarto make moist
- humectarto make moist
- humedecerseto become moist
- mojarseto become moist
- humectarseto become moist
Ukrainian зволо́жувати, зволо́жити
- зволо́жувати (zvolóžuvaty)to make moist
- зволо́жити (zvolóžyty)to make moist
- зволо́жуватися (zvolóžuvatysja)to become moist
- зволо́житися (zvolóžytysja)to become moist
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Cite this entry
moisten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moisten
“moisten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moisten. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moisten,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moisten.
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