Usually means: Moist, cool, unpleasantly musty quality.
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  1. dankness: Merriam-Webster
  2. dankness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dankness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dankness: Vocabulary.com
  5. dankness: Wordnik
  6. dankness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. dankness: Wiktionary
  8. dankness: Dictionary.com
  9. dankness: Rhymezone
  10. dankness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. dankness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. dankness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Dankness: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The state or quality of being dank.

Similar:
clamminess, dankishness, dampiness, dadness, donnishness, stinkiness, dapperness, thankworthiness, downness, dampishness, more...

Opposite:
dryness, aridity, desiccation

Types:
dreary, gloomy, moldy, musty, stagnant, stale, more...

Adjectives:
cold, dark, denuded, genial, chilly, clammy, cool, musty

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Similar:
clamminess, dankishness, dampiness, dadness, donnishness, stinkiness, dapperness, thankworthiness, downness, dampishness, more...

Opposite:
dryness, aridity, desiccation

Types:
dreary, gloomy, moldy, musty, stagnant, stale, more...

Adjectives:
cold, dark, denuded, genial, chilly, clammy, cool, musty



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