clammy (redirected from clammier)

clam·my  (klm)

adj. clam·mi·er, clam·mi·est

1. Disagreeably moist, sticky, and cold to the touch: a clammy handshake.

2. Damp and unpleasant: clammy weather.

3. Uneasy; apprehensive: The ghost town gave us a clammy feeling.

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[Middle English, sticky, probably from clam (from Old English, mud, clay) or from Middle Low German klam, stickiness.]

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clammi·ly adv.

clammi·ness n.

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clammy [ˈklæmɪ]

adj -mier, -miest

1. unpleasantly sticky; moist clammy hands

2. (of the weather, atmosphere, etc.) close; humid

[from Old English clǣman to smear; related to Old Norse kleima, Old High German kleimen]

clammily  adv

clamminess  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

clammy - unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests" dank wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"

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clammy

adjective

1. moist, sweating, damp, sticky, sweaty, slimy My shirt was clammy with sweat.

2. damp, humid, dank, muggy, close As you peer down into this pit, the clammy atmosphere rises to meet your skin.

Translations

clammy [ˈklæmɪ] ADJ (clammier (compar) (clammiest (superl))) (= damp) → frío y húmedo; (= sticky) → pegajoso

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clammy [ˈklæmi] adj [shirt, hands] → moite

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clammy

adj (+er) → feucht, klamm; a clammy handshake → ein feuchter Händedruck

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clammy [ˈklæmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (hands) → sudaticcio/a, viscido/a; (weather) → appiccicoso/a, caldo/a e umido/a

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clammy [ˈklæmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (hands) → sudaticcio/a, viscido/a; (weather) → appiccicoso/a, caldo/a e umido/a

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clammy

adj clammy [ˈklӕmi]

damp and sticky clammy hands. klam, klewerig بارِدٌ وَدَبِق влажен vlhký a lepkavý klam feucht und klebrig γλοιώδης, κολλώδης sudoroso, pegajoso kleepuv سرد و تر tahmea moite לַח וְדָבִיק चिपचिपा, लसलसा vlažan, ljepljiv nyirkos lembab þvalur appiccicaticcio べとべとする 차갑고 습한 lipnus lipīgs berlengas klam klam lepki pegajoso umed влажный и липкий vlhký lepljiv vlažan fuktig (kall) och klibbig ที่ชื้นหรือเย็นมาก nemli ve yapışkan, rutubetli 濕黏的 липкий چپچپا ، لجلجا ẩm ướt 滑腻的