dankness
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- noun
- /ˈdæŋk.nəs/
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humedad
- The basement was filled with the unpleasant dankness of mold and mildew.
Examples
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As we walked deeper into the cave, the cold dankness surrounded us, making it hard to breathe.
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There was an overripe smell just under the dankness that Billy prayed was just moldy vegetables.
Blog text (31) -
He could actually smell the dankness of the place.
Blog text (31) -
Modern takes on root cellars need the dankness added.
Blog text (12) -
Morticia and Granny stand in the middle of the dripping dankness.
Fiction book (1991) -
There's a hovering dankness, but a surprisingly pleasant breeze is blowing.
Fiction book (1991) -
Maguire slogged toward the shed, to the dark claustrophobia of dankness and hunger.
Fiction book (1996) -
The cool, sawdusty dankness of the room makes her want to open the only window, stuck shut for twenty years and tinted with sticky yellow dirt.
Fiction book (1992) -
The woods smell of an old, early dankness, full of the flat mineral odors of soil, mushroom, and rain-soaked mulch.
Fiction book (1999) -
Clootie had had his fill of noisome drips and general dankness within weeks of his arrival, and had made a waterproof sealing spell one of his highest priorities.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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Slight wetness in the air or on surfaces that makes them feel cold
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A cold, damp feeling in the air
A damp, sticky feeling on the skin that is unpleasant
Antonyms
How Damp
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dankness comes from the old word dank, which meant 'moist' or 'cold' and is like the English word damp, so imagine a wet, chilly room. So, dankness is the quality of being unpleasantly damp and cold.