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How to pronounce clamminess in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dankness
Type of damp, dampness, moistness
Derivation clammy

Examples of clamminess

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It's so hot and wet that clothes and bed sheets never throw off their clamminess.
From the smh.com.au
The nights are still bitterly cold here and the 10 o'clock start will leave some clamminess.
From the guardian.co.uk
He uses the small space to emphasise the play's hectic clamminess.
From the guardian.co.uk
You can feel the clamminess of his skin just from photos.
From the guardian.co.uk
While on the cruise, monitor your child for such symptoms as pallor, clamminess, nausea, headache and vomiting.
From the charlotteobserver.com
While on the cruise, monitor your child for symptoms of sea sickness, such as pallor, clamminess, nausea, headache and vomiting.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The heat, controlled by a battery in an inner pocket, was decent in the back, but the wire casing had a rubbery feel to it that induced clamminess.
From the sacbee.com
On the other hand, the clamminess and poor concentration disappeared immediately when I gave up caffeine, and I discovered that fear of bill collectors is an adequate late-night stimulant.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Dankness: unpleasant wetness
  • (clammy) unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"
  • The state of being clammy
  • (clammy) Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms
  • (clammy) Being damp, soft, sticky, and usually cool.
  • (clammy) damp and somewhat cool and sticky