Definition of dank
: unpleasantly moist or wet
- a dank basement
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dankly
adverb
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Examples of dank in a Sentence
vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar
Recent Examples of dank from the Web
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New Belgium Brewing wanted to recreate hemp terpene flavors in a beer and promise that dank taste, even though The Hemporer IPA does not contain THC.
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The building of tension in cramped quarters, whether in a dank basement or a grain silo, is masterful.
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After all, he's secretly been accused of murdering his old partner, which is why detective Elaine Renko (Deyn) has been assigned to him and is building a case for him in the rafters of her dank hotel room (don't ask).
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In a Radio Flyer wagon towed behind her are a dozen teddy bears, all lightly abused and seemingly rescued from a dank basement.
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The aforementioned rich history of the team is almost nowhere to be found amidst the dank concourse and the sparse, prison-like lighting.
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Slums sprouted like mushrooms in a dank labyrinth of streets where the height of fancy plumbing was a top-floor window to piss out of.
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Of course, the gesture was not made without the troglodytes crawling up from the dark, dank holes.
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What follows is a hilarious and wonderfully whimsical movie filled with fanciful Wes Anderson-worthy sequences and heartfelt goodness -- even when it is set in a dank Victorian prison.
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Origin and Etymology of dank
dank Synonyms
Near Antonyms
baked, bone-dry, burned (or burnt), dehydrated, desert, droughty, dusty, parched, scorched, seared, sere (also sear), sunbaked;
Related Words
sultry, summery, sweltering, torrid, tropical;
awash, bathed, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, steeped, washed, watered, waterlogged, water-soaked;
Synonym Discussion of dank
wet, damp, dank, moist, humid mean covered or more or less soaked with liquid. wet usually implies saturation but may suggest a covering of a surface with water or something (such as paint) not yet dry.
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- slipped on the wet pavement
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- clothes will mildew if stored in a damp place
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- a prisoner in a cold, dank cell
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- treat the injury with moist heat
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- a hot, humid climate
DANK Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of dank for English Language Learners
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: wet and cold in a way that is unpleasant
DANK Defined for Kids
adjective
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Definition of dank for Students
danker;
dankest
: unpleasantly wet or moist
- a dank cave
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