@Morair Well, the Swedish word for "moist" is "fuktig", which to me just sounds like what the ground is like after the rain - so nothing unsettling there.
I think the two closest words are "kletig" and "smetig" - both meaning sticky, and those two do make me go ".... ew" a little bit in my head. Unless it's smetig as in smet - i.e: cake batter. I do love cake!