Damp Dæmp Clothes Cottage Cold Adjective Bre Feels

• the cottage was cold and damp.
• it feels damp in here.
• damp clothes
• wipe the surface with a damp cloth.

damp

1. slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant
• The cottage was cold and damp.
• It feels damp in here.
• damp clothes
• Wipe the surface with a damp cloth.
• The car had skidded on the wet road.
• You’ll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now.
• a lovely rich moist cake
• The cottage was cold and damp.
• You’re soaked through! (= completely wet)
• We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin.
• soaked/drenched with/in sweat/blood.
• their soaked clothes
• The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything.
2. an event that is disappointing because it is not as exciting or impressive as expected
• The celebrations were a bit of a damp squib.

Extra Examples

• Our clothes had got a bit damp.
• The rain had made the walls damp.
• The room smelled damp.
• We took off our damp clothes.

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the noun sense ‘noxious inhalation’): of West Germanic origin; related to a Middle Low German word meaning ‘vapour, steam, smoke’.