Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dampness; humidity.
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- noun The state or quality of being
dank .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun unpleasant wetness
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Examples
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It's one of the few games that's really been able to convey "dankness" in a dungeon setting. login now to post a comment
Destructoid 2009
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A slow, drizzly mist adding a moldy dankness to the chilly air.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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The scent of chlorine mixed with the dankness in the air and whatever else was around that place.
The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011
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The scent of chlorine mixed with the dankness in the air and whatever else was around that place.
The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011
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J.C. nodded and I followed him down into the dark dankness of Zacharis' unfinished basement.
The Dog Catcher Ron Earl Phillips 2011
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A slow, drizzly mist adding a moldy dankness to the chilly air.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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A slow, drizzly mist adding a moldy dankness to the chilly air.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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It delivered me to this unknown rock, where trees meet on hill-tops to tangle dark branches under fog shot with dankness and blight, and I am always welcome because I am the only one — and the funny birds who tell no jokes, and the giant bile-squirting flowers, and the delirious prancing monkeys, and I have nothing in particular to say, and I say it again and again
Sunk 2010
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The complete absence of light coupled with the chilly dankness of the air enfolding them was oppressive in the extreme.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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The air was ripe with the rich, muddy dankness of the river as they walked along the levee.
Captured by Moonlight Nancy Gideon 2010
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