Crossword clues for dampest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), a. [Compar. Damper; superl. Dampest.]
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Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.
--Dryden. -
Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]
All these and more came flocking, but with looks Downcast and damp.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: damp) Most damp.
Usage examples of "dampest".
The land may be extremely cold or dry, yet there will be competition between some few species, or between the individuals of the same species, for the warmest or dampest spots.
I don't know why, for it's the flattest, dirtiest, dampest city in the world.
I lived at various times and for varying periods in that old tower, and, as I recall, with thick carpets to cover the floors, wall hangings over the stone walls and open arrow slits, and a log fire on the hearth, those chambers can be quite comfortable in even the coldest and dampest of seasons.
If I had allowed you to go your way to the proverbial dogs, after whose society gilded youths like yourself appear to be always hankering, I should not be sitting here with cold water running down my back and surrounded by Nature in her gloomiest and dampest aspects.
Once, she even licked the wall where it seemed dampest, but the brackish limestone taste was too much to bear.
Like sea things retreating with the ocean's tide, water snakes and muskrats went back to the green areas along ditches and in the dampest vegas.