ickle
9.6
A cute, childish way to say very small
- adjective
- /ˈɪkəl/
- Baby Talk
:
pequeñito
- The ickle kitten played happily with a ball of yarn.
Examples
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Which ickle-lickle naughty ickle girl wants to be a bad lickle girl?
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The comfort Barn, again, micro dosed in these ickle ickle packets and you just tear one off.
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That ickle puppy followed me home after I found it in the park.
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She wore a lovely dress with ickle flowers all over it.
Synonyms
78
1.0
Very small in size so you can hold it in one hand
is childish and playful, not just informal small in size
58
8.1
Very small, like a baby mouse
is more childish and playful rather than plain informal small
17
6.3
Very small in a way that seems cute
is more overtly childish and playful than this cute informal tone
9.9
Being small and cute in a playful way, like a tiny puppy or baby
is childish and playful but used more broadly for small things
9.9
Very small in size or amount
is specifically childish and playful rather than neutral informal small
8.4
So small that you can hardly see it
is childish and playful rather than merely intense smallness
Antonyms
How Small
Surface Forms
ickle positive
Etymology
Ickle is a childish, baby-talk form of little, made by changing the sounds to sound cuter and more playful. So ickle means 'little' or 'small', and we use it when we talk lovingly or playfully about tiny things.