slightly wet; moist

damp weather; a damp towel.

unenthusiastic; dejected; depressed

The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.

moisture; humidity; moist air

damp that goes through your warmest clothes.

a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, esp. in a mine.

depression of spirits; dejection.

a restraining or discouraging force or factor.

to make damp; moisten.

to check or retard the energy, action, etc., of; deaden; dampen

A series of failures damped her enthusiasm.

to stifle or suffocate; extinguish

to damp a furnace.

Acoustics, Music . to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string); dull; deaden.

Physics . to cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves). ?

damp off, to undergo damping-off.