Definition of damp

• n. - Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
• n. - Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
• n. - A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
• superl. - Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
• superl. - Dejected; depressed; sunk.
• n. - To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
• n. - To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.