Damp
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Moisture; humidity; dampness. Fog; fogginess; vapor. Dejection or depression. A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist. Pertaining to or affected by noxious vapours; dejected, stupified.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To dampen; to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; as, to damp cloth. To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
Example sentence: Each day when I'm walking with my dog through the damp forest, I'm thinking about the atmosphere, and it often works its way into my next scene somehow.
Moist
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Slightly wet.