clammy

Meaning

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

Synonyms

sticky

moist

dank

viscous

adhesive

damp

slimy

viscid

wet

unctuous

oozy

gooey

glutinous

gluey

tacky

tenacious

icy

jammy

limy

liquid

mucilaginous

mucous

pasty

ropy

rubbery

sluggish

sodden

soggy

unfeeling

damp and humid

lentous

agglutinative

callous

chilled

chilly

cold

🥶

cold-blooded

cool

🆒

dewy

doughy

emplastic

frigid

frosty

heartless

humid

icky

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklæmi/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: clǣman

Cognate with German: klamm

In summary

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.