clammy

Adjective
Synonyms: dank

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. unpleasantly cool and humid“a clammy handshake”“clammy weather”“a dank cellar”“dank rain forests”Synonyms: dank
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Clammy \Clam"my\, a. [Compar. Clammier; superl. Clammiest.] [Cf. AS. cl[=a]m clay. See Clam to clog, and cf. Clay.] Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration. [1913 Webster]
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