clammy
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈklæmi/
- His breath came in shallow pants, and his clammy, pallid skin sweated a cold, feverless sweat.
- clammy hands
- cold and clammy
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Watch on YouTubeShe was sitting down, palms clammy, breathing weirdly.
- She was sitting down, palms clammy, breathing weirdly.
- But there's a thing that sometimes happens, which is that the other person leaves the hand there cold, dead and clammy, neither rejecting it nor embracing it.
- The floor was hard and slimy, the air black and stinking, and that was all there was except a headache lying flat on the clammy floor.
- No, you don't get clammy around me, you bitch.
Examples
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For the last time, will you please keep your clammy hands to yourself?
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His back, beneath his shirt and jacket, was clammy with perspiration.
Fiction book (1999) -
My hands are clammy and cold.
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Fog, with the clammy feel of something dead, moved in from the sea.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her wrist felt cold, clammy, and yet her pulse was normal.
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You look clammy.
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She was sitting down, palms clammy, breathing weirdly.
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Still, I hesitated, palms clammy, body cold in spite of the balmy night.
Fiction book (1999) -
" Academy Award, Buzzy." "I really don't wanna do this." Buzzy's thick, clammy fingers gripped my forearm.
Fiction book (1999) -
Her palms were clammy after waiting nervously for the interview.
Synonyms
106
1.0
Slightly wet and often uncomfortable
101
1.0
Slightly wet in a pleasant or suitable way
46
1.0
Air that has a lot of water and feels damp
37
7.1
Sticky and unpleasant to touch or smell
35
2.5
Covered in a wet, slippery layer, like on fish or rocks
19
6.2
An unpleasantly damp, cool place that smells musty
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4.9
Not completely dry and slightly sticky to the touch
1
4.5
A little wet, like after rain or dew
1
5.7
A little wet and not completely dry
1
8.8
Sticky and messy with a soft unpleasant covering
Antonyms
Compounds
A small wild plant with sticky, slightly wet leaves that grows in shady, wet places
A small tree in the southeastern United States with rough bark, pink flowers and sticky branches
How Damp
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clammy comes from an old word clam that meant 'sticky' or 'moist', so it describes skin or things that feel damp and seem to 'cling' to the touch.