dank /dæŋk/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language ]
unpleasantly wet and cold:
a dank prison cell
—dankness noun [uncountable]
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THESAURUS
■ air/weather
▪ damp slightly wet, especially in a cold unpleasant way:
It was a cold damp morning.
▪ humid hot and damp in an unpleasant way:
Florida can be very humid in the summer.
▪ muggy warm and damp and making you feel uncomfortable:
This muggy weather gives me a headache.
▪ dank dank air is cold and damp and smells unpleasant – used especially about the air inside a room:
The dank air smelled of stale sweat.