clammy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for clammy
Synonyms
antiseptic, arctic, brittle, chill, chilly, cold, cold-blooded, cold-eyed, coldish, cool, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, hard-eyed, icy, uncordial, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry (also wintery)
Antonyms
cordial, friendly, genial, happy, hearty, sympathetic, warm, warm-blooded, warmhearted
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The clammy gray walls of the bunker are still hung with military maps and aerial photos of Soviet missile silos faded from decades of salt air. — Tony Perrottet, WSJ, "A Weirdly Fascinating Cold-War Tour of Havana," 20 Nov. 2018 The fresh linguine with local littlenecks was bland, its light broth lacking a clammy punch. — Craig Laban, Philly.com, "Atlantic City restaurants: New casinos, diverse independent spots create rising culinary energy," 6 July 2018 In the case of heat exhaustion, the skin becomes clammy and cold and the pulse slows down. — Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, "Parents and athletes: How to spot and treat heat-related illnesses this summer," 3 July 2018 The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, "Get the behind-the-scene scoop on the most popular teen films ever," 27 June 2018 Heat exhaustion: Heavy sweating, cold and clammy skin, nausea and vomiting. — Trihealth, Cincinnati.com, "Protect yourself from heat-related illness," 25 June 2018 These hands are often soft to the touch and a bit clammy, with an overall narrow appearance. — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, "A Beginner's Guide to Reading Palms," 4 June 2018 Director Jo Cattell’s staging brings all these threads together with clean precision and clammy atmospherics. — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, "What are we doing here? Gentrification issues and real scares in 'The Displaced'," 7 June 2018 If the weather turns cold and clammy during the short period in the spring when the flowers bloom, bees won’t take to the air and fruits won’t develop. — Nathanael Johnson, WIRED, "Are Avocados Toast?," 24 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'clammy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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