dank

• POS: Adjective

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dank, adj. disagreeably damp and cold.

Derivative

dankly adv. dankness n.

Etymology

ME prob. f. Scand.: cf. Sw. dank marshy spot

THESAURUS

dank

boggy, damp, dampish, dewy, fenny, humid, marshy, moist, muggy, rainy, roric, roriferous, sticky, swampy, tacky, undried, wet, wettish

ROGET THESAURUS

dank

Moisture

N moisture, moistness, humidity, humectation, madefaction, dew, serein, marsh, hygrometry, hygrometer, moist, damp, watery, madid, roric, undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy, roral, rorid, roscid, juicy, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin, saturated, swashy, soggy, dabbled, reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy, swampy, irriguous.