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Dewy

/ˈdjuː.i/

Covered by dew.

📖 Definitions of "Dewy"

adjective

1
Covered by dew.
"The dewy grass was too slick for football."
2
Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
"In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp."
3
Fresh and innocent.

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
wetnoun	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
bedewed	Covered with or as if with dew.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
bedewedverb	Covered with or as if with dew.
wet	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
roricnoun	Resembling, pertaining to, or containing dew; dewy.
roscid	(archaic) Containing or consisting of dew; dewy.
damp	In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
moist	Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
weetnoun	(intransitive, archaic) To know.
bedewy	(obsolete) Moist with dew; dewy.
dewlikenoun	Resembling or characteristic of dew.
honeydewed	Covered in honeydew.
mistynoun	A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
rorid	(obsolete) Dewy; containing dew.
dewy-eyed	Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on the verge of crying or that one is experiencing strong emotions.
misty-eyed	Synonym of dewy-eyed.
rorulent	Full of dew.
dew-eyed	(archaic) Alternative form of dewy-eyed. [Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on the verge of crying or that one is experiencing strong emotions.]
mildewed	Covered with mildew.
droolynoun	(informal) Producing an excess of drool.
dusty	Covered with dust.
clovered	Covered with clover.