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damp, dampness, moistness

n. a slight wetness

dampen, deaden, damp

v. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"

muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down

v. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

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damp, dampish, moist

adj. slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"

pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy

v. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

break

v. crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"

interrupt, break

v. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

break

v. weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"

fail

v. get worse; "Her health is declining"

tone down, moderate, tame

v. make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

mitigate

v. make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"

quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down

v. become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

bedewed, dewy

adj. wet with dew

besprent

adj. sprinkled over; "glistening grass besprent with raindrops"

boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged

adj. (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"

humid

adj. containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor; "humid air"; "humid weather"

sodden, soppy

adj. wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"

dripping

adj. having liquid falling in drops; "in the dripping fog"; "the scene where he is singing in the rain in dripping clothes"; "there was little shelter under the dripping trees"

misty

adj. wet with mist; "the misty evening"

hydrous, hydrated

adj. containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate)

steaming, steamy

adj. filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist; "a steaming kettle"; "steamy towels"

perspiring, sweaty

adj. being wet with perspiration; "the perspiring runners"; "his sweating face"; "sweaty clothes"

reeking, watery

adj. wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; "wiped his reeking neck"

showery, rainy

adj. (of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather"; "rainy days"

soggy, waterlogged

adj. (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"

sticky

adj. moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same time"

undried

adj. still wet or moist

watery

adj. filled with water; "watery soil"

dry, prohibitionist

n. a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

quicken, invigorate

v. give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"

awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse

v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

dry

adj. opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state"

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