Clammy Definition
klămē
clammier, clammiest
adjective
clammier, clammiest
Unpleasantly moist, cold, and sticky.
Webster's New World
Damp and unpleasant.
Clammy weather.
American Heritage
Uneasy; apprehensive.
The ghost town gave us a clammy feeling.
American Heritage
(medicine) The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphragmatic nor dry.
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Other Word Forms of Clammy
Adjective
Base Form:
clammy
Comparative:
clammier
Superlative:
clammiestOrigin of Clammy
Middle English sticky probably from clam (from Old English mud, clay) or from Middle Low German klam stickiness
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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