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dank

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Pronunciation: US /dæŋk/

dank means: Unpleasantly wet, often cold and dark.

adjective

DAMP UNPLEASANTC1

Unpleasantly wet, often cold and dark.

  • The cellar was cold and dank.
  • A dank smell rose from the tunnel.
  • They spent the night in a dank room below ground.

Similar words: damp, clammy

Opposites: dry

Common phrases: dank cellar, dank air, dank cave

STRONG CANNABISC2

Describing cannabis that is moist and sticky, and usually has a strong effect.

  • The buds looked sticky and dank.
  • He described the cannabis as particularly dank.
  • That dank weed had a strong smell.

Similar words: potent, strong

Opposites: weak

Common phrases: dank weed, dank bud, dank cannabis

EXCELLENTC1

Very good, impressive, or funny.

  • That is a dank meme.
  • He keeps sending me dank videos.
  • We spent the evening sharing our favourite dank jokes.

Similar words: awesome, great, excellent

Opposites: awful

Common phrases: dank memes, dank joke, dank music

COOL RIGHTWINGC2

Expressing right-wing political opinions in a way some people admire as cool or bold.

  • His followers called his conservative post dank.
  • They praised her right-wing speech as dank.
  • The forum celebrated his dank political take.

Similar words: based

Common phrases: dank political take, dank conservative post

noun

QUALITY CANNABISC2

Strong cannabis considered to be of high quality.

  • He said the bag contained dank.
  • They were smoking dank outside.
  • She complained about the smell of his dank.

Similar words: potent cannabis

Common phrases: some dank, smoke dank, bag of dank

MOISTUREC2

Water or wetness in the air or on something.

  • Morning dank covered the grass.
  • Their boots were soaked with dank.
  • The dank of the air clung to her clothes.

How to use it: the dank of something (The dank of the morning soaked his coat.)

Similar words: moisture, dampness

Opposites: dryness

Common phrases: morning dank, dank of something

DAMP ATMOSPHEREC2

An unpleasant atmosphere that is dark and wet.

  • The cellar dank chilled us.
  • They escaped the dank of the tunnel.
  • A sour smell filled the dank of the underground room.

How to use it: the dank of something (They emerged from the dank of the cellar.)

Similar words: dankness

Common phrases: cellar dank, dank of something

Questions about dank

What does dank mean?

Unpleasantly wet, often cold and dark.

What is dank in other languages?

Türkçe: rutubetli · Español: húmedo · Français: humide · Deutsch: feucht · Italiano: umido · 日本語: じめじめした

How do you pronounce dank?

It is pronounced /dæŋk/.

How do you use dank in a sentence?

The cellar was cold and dank. A dank smell rose from the tunnel.

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