DANK


Meaning of DANK in English

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.

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