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- pronunciation:
- klae
mi
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
clammier, clammiest |
| definition 1: |
unpleasantly moist, cool, and sticky.
He dreaded having to shake hands with her parents as he knew his hands were clammy.The atmosphere was clammy in the cave.
- antonyms:
- dry
- similar words:
- chilly, damp, dank, drizzly, pasty, sticky, sweaty
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| definition 2: |
morbid or gloomy.
a clammy feeling that something is very wrong- synonyms:
- gloomy, morbid
- similar words:
- anxious, sickly, sinking, uneasy
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| related words: |
damp, humid, moist, muggy |
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| derivations: |
clammily (adv.), clamminess (n.) |
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