dank

adjective

ˈdaŋk

Definition

unpleasantly moist or wet //a dank basement

Other Words

dankly adverb
dankness noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish

Examples

//vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar

First Known Use

1573, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English danke

dank

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

slightly or moderately wet //vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar
Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish
Related Words

semimoist
dewy misty
clammy
humid muggy sticky
sultry summery sweltering torrid tropical
awash bathed doused (also dowsed) drenched dripping saturate saturated soaked soaking sodden soggy sopping soppy soused steeped washed watered waterlogged water-soaked
Near Antonyms

arid dry waterless
baked bone-dry burned (or burnt) dehydrated desert droughty dusty parched scorched seared sere (also sear) sunbaked
hyperarid ultradry
waterproof water-repellent water-resistant watertight

dank

adjective

ˈdaŋk

Definition

unpleasantly moist or wet //a dank basement

Other Words

dankly adverb
dankness noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish

Examples

//vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar

First Known Use

1573, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English danke

dank

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

slightly or moderately wet //vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar
Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish
Related Words

semimoist
dewy misty
clammy
humid muggy sticky
sultry summery sweltering torrid tropical
awash bathed doused (also dowsed) drenched dripping saturate saturated soaked soaking sodden soggy sopping soppy soused steeped washed watered waterlogged water-soaked
Near Antonyms

arid dry waterless
baked bone-dry burned (or burnt) dehydrated desert droughty dusty parched scorched seared sere (also sear) sunbaked
hyperarid ultradry
waterproof water-repellent water-resistant watertight

dank

adjective

ˈdaŋk

Definition

unpleasantly moist or wet //a dank basement

Other Words

dankly adverb
dankness noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish

Examples

//vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar

First Known Use

1573, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English danke

dank

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

slightly or moderately wet //vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar
Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish
Related Words

semimoist
dewy misty
clammy
humid muggy sticky
sultry summery sweltering torrid tropical
awash bathed doused (also dowsed) drenched dripping saturate saturated soaked soaking sodden soggy sopping soppy soused steeped washed watered waterlogged water-soaked
Near Antonyms

arid dry waterless
baked bone-dry burned (or burnt) dehydrated desert droughty dusty parched scorched seared sere (also sear) sunbaked
hyperarid ultradry
waterproof water-repellent water-resistant watertight

dank

adjective

ˈdaŋk

Definition

unpleasantly moist or wet //a dank basement

Other Words

dankly adverb
dankness noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish

Examples

//vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar

First Known Use

1573, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English danke

dank

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

slightly or moderately wet //vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar
Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish
Related Words

semimoist
dewy misty
clammy
humid muggy sticky
sultry summery sweltering torrid tropical
awash bathed doused (also dowsed) drenched dripping saturate saturated soaked soaking sodden soggy sopping soppy soused steeped washed watered waterlogged water-soaked
Near Antonyms

arid dry waterless
baked bone-dry burned (or burnt) dehydrated desert droughty dusty parched scorched seared sere (also sear) sunbaked
hyperarid ultradry
waterproof water-repellent water-resistant watertight

dank

adjective

ˈdaŋk

Definition

unpleasantly moist or wet //a dank basement

Other Words

dankly adverb
dankness noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish

Examples

//vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar

First Known Use

1573, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English danke

dank

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

slightly or moderately wet //vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar
Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish
Related Words

semimoist
dewy misty
clammy
humid muggy sticky
sultry summery sweltering torrid tropical
awash bathed doused (also dowsed) drenched dripping saturate saturated soaked soaking sodden soggy sopping soppy soused steeped washed watered waterlogged water-soaked
Near Antonyms

arid dry waterless
baked bone-dry burned (or burnt) dehydrated desert droughty dusty parched scorched seared sere (also sear) sunbaked
hyperarid ultradry
waterproof water-repellent water-resistant watertight

dank

adjective

ˈdaŋk

Definition

unpleasantly moist or wet //a dank basement

Other Words

dankly adverb
dankness noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish

Examples

//vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar

First Known Use

1573, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English danke

dank

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

slightly or moderately wet //vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar
Synonyms

damp dampish moist wettish
Related Words

semimoist
dewy misty
clammy
humid muggy sticky
sultry summery sweltering torrid tropical
awash bathed doused (also dowsed) drenched dripping saturate saturated soaked soaking sodden soggy sopping soppy soused steeped washed watered waterlogged water-soaked
Near Antonyms

arid dry waterless
baked bone-dry burned (or burnt) dehydrated desert droughty dusty parched scorched seared sere (also sear) sunbaked
hyperarid ultradry
waterproof water-repellent water-resistant watertight