damp

Adjective

• slightly wet
  • clothes damp with perspiration
    
  • a moist breeze
    
  • eyes moist with tears
    

Noun

• a slight wetness

Verb

• lessen in force or effect
  • soften a shock
    
  • break a fall
    

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
  • muffle the message
    

• restrain or discourage
  • the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere
    

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  dampish , moist , dampness , moistness , dampen , soften , weaken , break , deaden , muffle , mute , dull , tone down