moist

adjective/mɔɪst/

Frequency rank: #6,143 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

slightly wet; damp but not soaking.

Illustration for the English word “moist”

Example sentence

The chocolate cake was perfectly moist and melted in my mouth.

Synonyms & related words

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