Dictionary entry

Damp (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Damp (?), a. [Compar.Damper (?); superl.Dampest.] 1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.

O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. Dryden.

2. Dejected; depressed; sunk.

All these and more came flocking, but with looks

Downcast and damp. Milton.