icky
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˈɪki/
- Informal
:
asqueroso
- The ice cream melted and became icky, sticking to my fingers.
- feel icky
- icky and sticky
- get icky
You just call it toxic or mean or icky, or you just blame yourself.
- You just call it toxic or mean or icky, or you just blame yourself.
- Older parents, extended family, in laws, icky colleagues, terrible bosses.
- In the other, they feel icky, they feel dirty, they feel spoiled.
- And that if you, if you're, if you're feeling icky, yeah.
- And that is a really icky feeling.
- I guess I don't know, like icky vibes.
- And and if, if that all sounds like disgusting to you and icky, yuck.
- Like to hear that said sort of so flagrantly feels a bit icky to me.
- I mean, it's man, it's so it's it makes me feel so icky.
- They don't smell, but still, some people have stigmatized them to be nasty, dirty, icky things.
Examples
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You know, it feels icky because I have had people come to my house and it just feels icky.
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Business doesn't have to be icky, hard, or cutthroat; business can be fun.
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But then it still made us feel icky because is it OK?
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I mean, at first, it felt icky and then it was sort of okay.
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Now comes the, uh, the really icky part.
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At first it felt icky, then it felt kind of okay.
Fiction book (1999) -
Did you see the icky black color of her hair?
Fiction book (2001) -
Is it possible, or will we always have a bit of that icky feeling?
Blog text (9) -
I think we all feel a little icky about marketing, whether we're approaching it right or not.
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I put her in a clean glass of water and dumped the icky water down the kitchen sink.
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Synonyms
562
4.1
Very bad or mean and not liked by people
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
282
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
280
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
176
7.5
Very bad or of low quality
160
1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
149
9.9
Very bad or low quality, used to show strong dislike
118
1.0
Giving off a strong, unpleasant stink
60
1.0
Having a very bad smell
42
2.5
Covered in a wet, slippery layer, like on fish or rocks
32
3.2
Soft and sticky like warm chocolate or cheese
22
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
21
3.5
A little damp, slightly sticky, and cool in a way that feels unpleasant
18
6.9
Has a bad smell
7
4.1
A very strong stink that makes you want to move away
4
4.9
Not completely dry and slightly sticky to the touch
3
9.9
A person or place that seems dirty and makes you feel uneasy
2
5.6
Thick and sticky in a wet, unpleasant way
1
7.7
Covered with sticky, dirty stuff
1
5.5
Thick and sticky in a messy way
1
8.5
Having a strong smell that is often unpleasant
1
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
8.8
Sticky and messy with a soft unpleasant covering
1
7.4
Very unpleasant to see, smell, taste, or touch
1
3.8
Having a bad smell that people do not like
Feels unpleasant and gross, often sticky or smelly
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
Having a bad smell, taste, or look that makes you want to throw up
Looking unpleasant to eat because it seems old, dirty or spoiled
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
Having a very strong unpleasant smell or taste
Having a wet, glue like feel that makes things stay on it
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
6
4.9
531
1.3
- Informal
280
2.3
- Informal
38
7.1
20
6.1
215
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word icky likely comes from the childish exclamation 'ick', what people say when something is 'disgusting' or gross. The ending -y works like in sticky, meaning 'full of', so icky describes something that feels nasty, unpleasant, or sticky.