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clammy

  (klăm'ē) pronunciation
adj., -mi·er, -mi·est.
  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.]

clammily clam'mi·ly adv.
clamminess clam'mi·ness n.
 
 
Antonyms: clammy

adj

Definition: damp
Antonyms: dry


 
WordNet: clammy
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: unpleasantly cool and humid
  Synonym: dank


 
Translations: Translations for: Clammy

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - klam

Nederlands (Dutch)
klam

Français (French)
adj. - moite, froid et humide

Deutsch (German)
adj. - klamm, feucht

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υγρός, ιδρωμένος, (για τον καιρό) υγρός και κρύος

Italiano (Italian)
umidiccio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pegajoso

Русский (Russian)
влажный, холодный и липкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - frío y húmedo, pegajoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fuktig och klibbig, degig (om bröd)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
湿粘的, 病态的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 濕粘的, 病態的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 끈끈한, 냉습한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 冷たくて湿っぽい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لزج, دبق, رطب و بارد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לח וקר, דביק‬


 
 

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