dank
pronunciation
How to pronounce dank in British English:
UK [dæŋk]
How to pronounce dank in American English:
US [dæŋk]
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- Adjective:
- unpleasantly cool and humid
Word Origin
- dank (adj.)
- c. 1400, earlier as a verb (early 14c.), now obsolete, meaning "to moisten," used of mists, dews, etc. Perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Swedish dank "moist place," dänka "to moisten") or German (compare Middle High German damph, Dutch damp "vapor"). Now largely superseded by damp (adj.). Related: Dankness.
Example
- 1. Empty rooms shuttered and dank .
- 2. Drifting along the dank canals of venice .
- 3. It described the rooms the women ate , slept and defecated in as dank and smelly .
- 4. The next morning , some 148 hours after leaving moscow , the rossiya pulled into a cold and dank vladivostok station , three minutes ahead of schedule .
- 5. This can leave us with the feeling we are in a dank , dark and slippery place .