ick
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9.9
- noun
- /ɪk/
- Informal
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- The slimy texture of the fish gave me a strong feeling of ick when I touched it.
- ick factor
- get the ick
So women will get the ick much easier than than men will.
- So women will get the ick much easier than than men will.
- I get an ick from people that generally say that.
- My question that I want to ask you is explain the difference between an ick and an oof.
- And then I started realizing like, no, like most of them are romantic icks and just like people being weird.
- I also play the recorder, but like, I don't really get the ick because I think we're all we're all weird.
- So they go back and forth and that backing and forthing and that chronic tension often comes out as rage and pettiness and general ick.
- I hate when you can see my reflection it just gives me the ick but like the ick over me.
Examples
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And women get much more easily triggered into that feeling of like ick than men do.
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It's not just the "ick" factor—one sick office mate can quickly create a germ factory that can kill productivity for weeks.
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So women will get the ick much easier than than men will.
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That would be a huge ick for me, yes.
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I get an ick from people that generally say that.
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And that had sort of made me feel a bit ick about recording the stuff that I did.
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I think the ick is so much more primitive than that.
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One major "ick factor" of genetic engineering is taking genes from one species and adding them to another species.
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This keeps me stuck in the ick and causes other people to get so annoyed that they stop listening.
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These things are, of course, geared to alleviate your ick feelings via humor.
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Synonyms
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6.3
A strong feeling of disgust at something very unpleasant
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6.7
An unpleasant feeling of dislike after an experience
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6.2
A strong feeling of dislike and disgust
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9.9
Something unpleasant like rotten food or dirt
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9.9
A strong feeling of dislike and also someone or something that makes people feel that way
Something that makes you feel disgusted
Antonyms
How Disgusted
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ick began as that short sound and now also names the 'feeling of disgust' it shows. So if something gives you the ick, it makes you feel sudden, strong dislike.