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ick

ick

6 9.9
A sudden feeling of disgust that makes you want to move away
  • 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.

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Examples

  • And women get much more easily triggered into that feeling of like ick than men do.

  • 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.

  • That would be a huge ick for me, yes.

  • I get an ick from people that generally say that.

  • And that had sort of made me feel a bit ick about recording the stuff that I did.

  • I think the ick is so much more primitive than that.

  • 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

revulsion
vsick
18 6.3

A strong feeling of disgust at something very unpleasant

is informal and less intense than this extreme feeling

An unpleasant feeling of dislike after an experience

is a general informal disgust feeling, not specifically caused by an experience
repulsion
vsick
3 6.2

A strong feeling of dislike and disgust

is informal and expresses simple disgust rather than formal strong dislike
yech
vsick
  • Informal
1 9.9

Something unpleasant like rotten food or dirt

is informal and denotes a feeling of disgust rather than formal wording
scunner
vsick
  • UK
1 9.9

A strong feeling of dislike and also someone or something that makes people feel that way

is informal general disgust, not specifically regional or naming people who cause it
yeech
vsick
  • Slang
9.9

Something that makes you feel disgusted

is informal and can mean a general disgust rather than extreme revulsion

Antonyms

1.0

A feeling of enjoyment or happiness from something

184 1.2

A thing or feeling that gives great pleasure

How Disgusted

revulsion
18 6.3
disgust
87 2.0
ick
  • Informal
6 9.9
distaste
28 4.1
dislike
  • Texting
49 1.0

Surface Forms

ick singular
icks plural

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.