Definition of Clammy

1. Adjective. Unpleasantly cool and humid. "Dank rain forests"

Exact synonyms: Dank
Similar to: Wet
Derivative terms: Clamminess, Dankness

Definition of Clammy

1. a. Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.

Definition of Clammy

1. Adjective. Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms. ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clammy

1. cold and damp [adj CLAMMIER, CLAMMIEST] : CLAMMILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clammy

clames
clamjamphrie
clamjamphries
clamlike
clammed
clammed up
clammer
clammers
clammier
clammiest
clammily
clamminess
clamminesses
clamming
clamming up
clammy (current term)
clammy chickweed
clammy locust
clammyweed
clamor
clamored
clamorer
clamorers
clamoring
clamorings
clamorous
clamorously
clamorousness
clamorousnesses
clamors

Literary usage of Clammy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"glutinous (tech. or learned), agglutinative (learned); spec, clammy, clam (dial.), gluey, past}-, stringy, ropy, ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"... for his and the clammy dew sat on the brow even of vigorous manhood—when journeys undertaken at the approach of dawn, were eminently unsuccess- ful, ..."

3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1825)
"The whole plant is covered with glandular hairs, which exude a clammy secretion. Our plant was raised in the open ground, and, probably, ..."

4. In the Vine Country by Edith Œnone Somerville, Martin Ross (1893)
"as usual by the monkey, and in her softened mood my cousin endured the clammy clutch of' Bamboo' upon her finger with scarcely a shudder. ..."

5. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... curved spines on its twigs, and its new growth bears glandular but not viscid hairs. The flowers are rosy THE clammy LOCUST (Robinia ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Clammy on Dictionary.com!Search for Clammy on Thesaurus.com!Search for Clammy on Google!Search for Clammy on Wikipedia!

Search