clammy
Cold and sticky
Clammy describes skin that is unpleasantly moist and cool to the touch—the damp coldness of a nervous handshake or a feverish forehead.
The word extends to environments: a clammy basement, clammy weather.
His palms went clammy before the interview.
Unlike sweaty, which suggests heat and exertion, clammy implies something unhealthy or unsettling.
Disagreeably cold and wet
- humidContaining much moisture
- muggyUnpleasantly warm and humid
- dampSlightly wet
- mustyStale from dampness
stuffy · airless · basement · cellar · cave · dungeon · foggy · misty
Apt to adhere
- dampSlightly wet
- moistSlightly wet
- coolCalm or fashionable
- unpleasantCausing discomfort or distaste
slimy · slick · tacky · wet · gross · icky · uncomfortable · handshake
Moist from exertion
sickly · feverish · perspiration · pallid · wan · ashen · goosebumps · shivery
dank
Disagreeably cold and wet
musty · stuffy · airless · basement · cellar · cave · dungeon · foggy · misty · underground
sticky
Apt to adhere
unpleasant · slimy · slick · tacky · wet · gross · icky · uncomfortable · handshake · grip
sweaty
Moist from exertion
pale · sickly · feverish · perspiration · pallid · wan · ashen · goosebumps · shivery · nervous
humid
Containing much moisture
misty · damp · raw · grey · chilly · dewy · moisture · dampness · drizzle · mizzle
- humidityrelative humidity, humidity sensor, humidity reading, humidity control, humid
- temperaturehot, cold, warm, cool, freezing
- touch feelingsrough, smooth, soft, hard, bumpy
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- touch sensationstouch, roughness, smoothness, softness, hardness
- feverfever, high fever, febrile, low-grade fever, feverish
- razor clamLong narrow burrowing bivalve
- clam upAbruptly stop speaking
- clam chowderCreamy mollusk soup
- happy as a clamExtremely contented and carefree
- clammy handsMoist, cool grip
- clam shellBivalve's hinged exterior