as in icy
lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
after a clammy handshake, the two bitter rivals squared off for a no-holds-barred debate
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Recent Examples of clammy
Athletes can experience heat exhaustion, causing extreme fatigue, dizziness, cramps, clammy skin, and nausea.
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Their pupil size may change, their skin may become clammy and their lips, nail beds and skin may turn blue.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2024
In some cases, people can experience heat exhaustion and have muscle cramps, nausea, weakness and cold or clammy skin, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 14 July 2024
Anyone who has experienced anxiety will know the feeling all too well: the inability to stop ruminating, clammy hands, and a perpetually racing heart.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 3 June 2024
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Their pupil size may change, their skin may become clammy and their lips, nail beds and skin may turn blue.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2024
In some cases, people can experience heat exhaustion and have muscle cramps, nausea, weakness and cold or clammy skin, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 14 July 2024
Anyone who has experienced anxiety will know the feeling all too well: the inability to stop ruminating, clammy hands, and a perpetually racing heart.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 3 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clammy
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Pan said after his race on Wednesday that American and Australian swimmers had been icy toward him.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
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The combination of human pressures and an icier coast may have eventually driven blue whales offshore.Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
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On cold days, its extra length and 650-fill-power down feel like a warm hug.Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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On our return to The Ravel after every excursion, we are greeted by a welcome party of staff holding out a cold towel and a glass of buck's fizz.James Rampton, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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The story had begun almost a decade earlier when, one chilly winter's day in 1946, Prince Max von Hohenlohe fired up his charcoal-burning Rolls-Royce Phantom and drove south from a 90-room palace just outside Madrid.Nick Foulkes, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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Erik Kain My November cold continues into another chilly, though somewhat less wintry, day.Erik Kain, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Vigor has flat seams and enough stretch to move comfortably while bending over or reaching up, while thump loops make for easy layering on frigid days.Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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Instead of snowfall and frigid temperatures, guests are treated to majestic beaches and warm ocean breezes.Robin Raven, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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This mineral helps promote bone density and strength to prevent injury and osteoporosis (a bone disease in which bones become weak and brittle).Isabel Vasquez RD LDN, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
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Dry air may not seem like the most pressing beauty issue, but according to Suzanne Friedler, MD, clinical instructor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, changes in humidity can lead to issues like dry, brittle hair and leathery skin.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 1 Nov. 2024
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Other women in particular seem to think this was a very, very cool thing to have done.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Murdock said both systems are bringing cold air from the Alaskan gulf and are part of a pattern that has allowed the jet stream to let in cooler air than normal.Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Clammy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clammy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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