clammy
/ˈklæmi/
clammy adjective: cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
Adjective
clammy (comparative clammier, superlative clammiest)
- Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
- His hands were clammy from fright.
- The cause is a temperate conglutination ; for both bodies are clammy and viscous , and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts , without penning them in too much1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...
- The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.
clammy meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam
clammy in Hindi
- clammy, muggy, muddy, sticky, gunky
- किचकिची kickicī
clammy in Urdu
- چپچپا, لج لجا, پچ پچا
clammy in Malayalam
- moist, damp, sweaty
- ഈർപ്പമുള്ള, വഴുവഴുപ്പായ, ഒട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കുന്ന, നവുള്ള, തണുപ്പള്ളതും ഒട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കുന്നതുമായ, നനഞ്ഞ
- damp, dank, wet
- ഈർപ്പമേറിയ, ഈർപ്പം മുറ്റിയ, നവുള്ള, ഈറനായ, നനഞ്ഞ, നനവുള്ള
Examples of clammy in a sentence
- Fabrics made of unabsorbent fibers feel clammy in cold weather and sticky in hot weather.
- His hands were clammy, his feet seemed to have grown larger and taken root.
- The sand and air under the boardwalk was cool and clammy, and there were smells of sea things and picnic garbage.
Forms of clammy
| comparative | clammier |
|---|---|
| superlative | clammiest |
Origin of clammy
From Middle English clam (“viscous, sticky; slimy”) + -y, from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Compare German klamm (“clammy”) and klemmen (“to be stuck, stick”). See also clam.
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Words that rhyme with clammy
Questions about clammy
- What does clammy mean?
- Clammy means cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
- What is clammy in Hindi?
- Clammy in Hindi is किचकिची (kickicī). See Clammy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is clammy?
- Clammy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce clammy?
- Clammy is pronounced /ˈklæmi/.
Words near clammy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: clammy (page history and authors); किचकिची (Hindi) (page history and authors); clammy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clammy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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