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1. Slightly wet
   "clothes damp with perspiration";
   - dampish, moist, wettish

1. A slight wetness
   - dampness, moistness

1. Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
   - muffle, mute, dull, dampen, tone down
    
2. Restrain or discourage
   "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"
    
3. Make vague, obscure or make (an image) less visible
   - dampen, deaden
    
4. Lessen in force or effect
   - dampen, soften, weaken, break

Derived forms: dampest, damped, damper, damps, damping

See also: wet

Type of: blunt, check, contain, control, curb, deaden, hold, hold in, mod [informal], moderate, soften, wetness

Encyclopedia: Damp, Germany