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mouillé — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • damp adj Slightly wet; not dry but not soaking either.
  • humid adjective Containing a lot of moisture in the air; damp and often warm.
  • sloppy adj Careless, messy, or lacking neatness or precision.
  • wet adj Covered in or soaked with liquid, usually water.

Senses

mouillé is used for these senses in English:

  • damp In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
  • humid Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
  • sloppy Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
  • wet Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.

damp — full definition

  1. adj Slightly wet; not dry but not soaking either.
  2. noun Moisture in the air or on a surface; humidity.
  3. verb To make something slightly wet, or to weaken and reduce something such as a fire, sound, or feeling.

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