湿しめっぽい

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湿っぽい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	湿しめっぽい	湿しめっぽくない
Polite	湿しめっぽいです	湿しめっぽくないですalso 湿しめっぽくありません
Past polite	湿しめっぽかったです	湿しめっぽくなかったですalso 湿しめっぽくありませんでした
Past	湿しめっぽかった	湿しめっぽくなかった
Te-form	湿しめっぽくて	湿しめっぽくなくて
Adverbial	湿しめっぽく
Conditional	湿しめっぽければ	湿しめっぽくなければ
Tara conditional	湿しめっぽかったら	湿しめっぽくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

damp; humid; wet

Describes physical dampness, moisture in the air, or things that feel wet to the touch. Often carries a slightly unpleasant nuance.

梅雨つゆで部屋へやが湿しめっぽい。
The room feels damp because of the rainy season.
このタオルはまだ湿しめっぽいね。
This towel is still a bit damp, isn't it.

i-adjective

gloomy; melancholy; depressing

Used for atmospheres, moods, or personalities that feel heavy, cheerless, or emotionally damp. Common in phrases like 湿っぽい話 (a gloomy story).

湿しめっぽい話はなしはやめて、楽たのしいことを話はなそう。
Let's stop the gloomy talk and talk about something fun.
彼かれはいつも湿しめっぽい顔かおをしている。
He always has a melancholy look on his face.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が湿しめっぽいa place is damp/humid
この部屋へやは湿しめっぽくてかび臭くさい。
This room is damp and smells musty.
湿しめっぽい話はなしをするto tell a gloomy, tearful story
卒そつ業ぎょう式しきで先せん生せいが湿しめっぽい話はなしをした。
The teacher gave a tearful speech at the graduation ceremony.
湿しめっぽい空くう気きhumid, damp air
梅雨つゆの時じ期きは空くう気きが湿しめっぽい。
During the rainy season, the air is humid.
湿しめっぽい雰ふん囲い気きになるthe atmosphere becomes gloomy
送そう別べつ会かいが最さい後ごには湿しめっぽい雰ふん囲い気きになった。
The farewell party ended up in a gloomy mood.
湿しめっぽくなるto become gloomy or tearful
別わかれの場ば面めんになると、みんな湿しめっぽくなった。
When it came time to say goodbye, everyone got teary and gloomy.

Kanji

湿damp, wet, moist

Related words· 6

じめじめN2sense 1
じめじめ is an adverb/noun stressing persistent, unpleasant humidity (e.g. of weather or rooms), while 湿っぽい is an adjective that can describe both that dampness and a gloomy mood.
陰いん気きN1sense 2
陰気 directly means gloomy or cheerless in personality or atmosphere, while 湿っぽい uses the image of dampness to convey a similar heavy, sad feeling.
しっとりN2sense 1
しっとり describes a pleasant, soft moistness (e.g. of skin or a quiet mood), whereas 湿っぽい usually carries a slightly unpleasant or oppressive nuance.
重おもいN5sense 2
重い describes a heavy, oppressive mood or atmosphere in general, while 湿っぽい specifically evokes a tearful or melancholic dampness.

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ウエット
湿っぽい is a native adjective for something damp or humid, while ウエット is the borrowed katakana word used more casually or in fashion/technical contexts.
湿しめるN3
湿っぽい is an adjective describing a damp or gloomy state or mood, while 湿る is the verb for becoming damp or losing energy.

Opposites

乾かわいた sense 1
乾いた means dry, the direct physical opposite of 湿っぽい's dampness.
明あかるいN5sense 2
明るい means bright or cheerful, the emotional opposite of the gloomy, heavy feeling described by 湿っぽい.

Don't confuse with

湿しめるN3
湿る is a verb meaning 'to become damp', while 湿っぽい is the adjective describing the resulting damp or gloomy state.

Written forms

湿しめっぽいUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; the reading しめっぽい is the only reading given.
しめっぽいUsage5%

Etymology

Formed from the noun 湿 (しめ, 'moisture') + the adjective-forming suffix っぽい (-ppoi, '-ish, tending to'). The suffix っぽい adds a sense of 'having a strong tendency toward' or 'somewhat'.