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- DictionaryClam·my/ˈklamē/
adjective
- 1. unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy to touch: "his skin felt cold and clammy"
The meaning of CLAMMY is being damp, soft, sticky, and usually cool. How to use clammy in a sentence.
Clammy definition: covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp. See examples of CLAMMY used in a sentence.
sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way: My hands felt all clammy. It was a hot, clammy day. Synonym. dank. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having moisture in the air. humid It gets so humid in this part of the country. muggy What a muggy day!
clammy. adjective. us / ˈklæm.i / uk / ˈklæm.i /. Add to word list. sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way: My hands felt all clammy. It was a hot, clammy day. Synonym. dank.
1. Disagreeably moist, sticky, and cold to the touch: a clammy handshake. 2. Damp and unpleasant: clammy weather. 3. Uneasy; apprehensive: The ghost town gave us a clammy feeling. [Middle English, sticky, probably from clam (from Old English, mud, clay) or from Middle Low German klam, stickiness .] clam′mi·ly adv. clam′mi·ness n.
Clammy means unpleasantly cool and slimy to the touch. It has nothing to do with those tasty little sea creatures, but they too are pretty slimy. Nine times out of ten the thing described as clammy is a hand or forehead, usually of someone who's pretty sick or just physically unpleasant.
clammy in British English. (ˈklæmɪ ) adjective Word forms: -mier, -miest. 1. unpleasantly sticky; moist. clammy hands. 2. (of the weather, atmosphere, etc) close; humid. Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of clammy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Clammy Definition. Unpleasantly moist, cold, and sticky. Damp and unpleasant. Clammy weather. Uneasy; apprehensive. The ghost town gave us a clammy feeling. (medicine) The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphragmatic nor dry.
clammy | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary. Recent and Recommended. Definitions. Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. English. Learner’s Dictionary. Essential British English. Essential American English. Grammar and thesaurus.
