Clammy

Quick meaning: Clammy is an adjective meaning Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.

Meaning

Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.

More Meanings

1. (medicine) The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.

Example Sentences

His hands were clammy from fright.

Jenny Lee reached out and took hold of the man’s hand. It was cold and clammy, a deadlike feeling.

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 much

Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy in his extremities and lost within his academic robe and hood, nervously fidgeting his mortar-board, haled forward by ushers, and tottering rubescent before the chancellor, provost, president (or whoever it might be) who hands out the diploma.

Word Forms

• clammier
• clammiest

Synonyms for clammy

Depending on context, synonyms include wet, dank.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dank, wet, moist, sweaty, clam, weaky.

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