clammy
/ˈklæmi/adjective
उच्चारण क्लैमी
चिपचिपा और नम, पसीजा हुआ
Core word
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damp in an unpleasant way
चिपचिपा और नम, पसीजा हुआ
- His hands were clammy with fear before the interview.
- the clammy heat of Mumbai in June
- The room felt clammy after three days of rain.
+ 2 more examples
- She wiped her clammy palms on her skirt before going on stage.
- The clammy weather made the clothes feel damp all day.
Synonyms damp moist sticky sweaty muggy
Opposite dry
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
clammy + noun
Used before a noun for something damp, cold and unpleasantly sticky to touch.
Noun से पहले आकर यह ऐसी वस्तु के लिए आता है जो नम, ठंडी और छूने में अप्रिय रूप से चिपचिपी हो।
- He wiped his clammy hands on his shirt.
- The clammy air of the cellar made her shiver.
be / feel / become + clammy
After linking verbs, it describes how skin, clothes or weather feels.
Linking verbs के बाद यह त्वचा, कपड़ों या मौसम के एहसास का वर्णन करता है।
- My palms felt clammy before the interview.
- The room turned clammy after the rain.
clammy with + noun
With introduces the cause of the clamminess, usually sweat or fear.
'With' के बाद चिपचिपेपन का कारण आता है, प्रायः पसीना या डर।
- His forehead was clammy with sweat.
- Her hands were clammy with fear.
clammy vs damp / sticky
Clammy adds a cold, unpleasant, slightly slimy feeling that plain damp does not have.
Clammy में ठंडा, अप्रिय और हल्का चिपचिपा एहसास जुड़ा होता है जो साधारण damp में नहीं होता।
- The towel was damp, but the wall was cold and clammy.
+Collocations 5
clammy + noun
handsskinpalmsforeheadweatherair
- The clammy air before the monsoon makes everyone restless.
feel + clammy
feelturngrowbecomelook
- Her skin turned pale and clammy after the fall.
clammy + noun (place)
cellarcaveroomwallstunnel
- The clammy walls of the tunnel dripped with water.
adverb + clammy
cold andslightlyunpleasantlyoddly
- The cold and clammy bedsheets made sleep impossible.
clammy + noun (things)
towelsheetsclothesbandagehandshake
- The clammy clothes stuck to his back after the humid walk.
“More examples 6
- Radhika's hands were clammy as she waited for the result.
परिणाम की प्रतीक्षा करते हुए राधिका के हाथ पसीजे हुए थे।
- Mumbai's clammy heat in July can tire even locals.
जुलाई में मुंबई की उमस भरी चिपचिपी गर्मी स्थानीय लोगों को भी थका देती है।
- The doctor noticed that the patient's skin was cold and clammy.
डॉक्टर ने देखा कि मरीज़ की त्वचा ठंडी और पसीजी हुई थी।
- A clammy mist hung over the hills at dawn.
भोर में पहाड़ियों पर एक नम और चिपचिपी धुंध छाई थी।
- He disliked the clammy handshake of the nervous candidate.
उसे घबराए हुए उम्मीदवार का पसीजा हुआ हाथ मिलाना पसंद नहीं आया।
- Nerves made her palms cold and clammy during the viva.
घबराहट के कारण मौखिक परीक्षा में उसकी हथेलियाँ ठंडी और पसीजी हुई हो गईं।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ My hands are clammy of sweat.
✓ My hands are clammy with sweat.
Cause is shown with with, not of.
कारण बताने के लिए 'with' आता है, 'of' नहीं।
✗ The weather is very clammy and it makes me feeling uneasy.
✓ The weather is very clammy and it makes me feel uneasy.
Make takes a bare infinitive without to or -ing.
'Make' के बाद to या -ing के बिना bare infinitive आता है।