Definition of CLAMMY

clammy

Adjective Satellite

  • unpleasantly cool and humid
    • "a clammy handshake"
    • "clammy weather"

Adj

  • Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
  • The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.

Adjective

  • Unpleasantly damp and sticky to the touch.

Examples

  • His CLAMMY hands made it hard to pick up the smooth Scrabble tiles during the final tense turns.
  • His hands were clammy from fright.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English clam (“viscous, sticky; slimy”) + -y, from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Compare German klamm (“clammy”) and klemmen (“to be stuck, stick”). See also clam.

Synonyms

dank

Scrabble Score: 15

clammy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
clammy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
clammy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

clammy: valid Words With Friends Word