moistadjective
uk/mɔɪst/us/mɔɪst/slightly wet, especially in a good way:
Keep the soil in the pot moist, but not too wet.
approving This cake is nice and moist!
See also
damp
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wet weather & wetness
- bedraggled
- clammy
- damp
- dampen
- deluge
- douse
- dreich
- drown
- look like a drowned rat idiom
- misty
- mizzle
- moisten
- rainy
- rehydration
- saturated
- soaking
- sodden
- soggy
- sun shower
- sweat
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moistness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈmɔɪst.nəs/us/ˈmɔɪst.nəs/