icky
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˈɪki/
- Informal
- The ice cream melted and became icky, sticking to my fingers.
- feel icky
- icky and sticky
- get icky
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Watch on YouTubeYou 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.
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Did you see the icky black color of her hair?
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Is it possible, or will we always have a bit of that icky feeling?
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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
538
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
421
4.1
Very bad or mean and not liked by people
333
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
273
9.9
Very bad or low quality, used to show strong dislike
191
1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
187
7.5
Very bad or of low quality
146
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
93
1.0
Giving off a strong, unpleasant stink
57
1.0
Having a very bad smell
35
2.5
Covered in a wet, slippery layer, like on fish or rocks
30
3.2
Soft and sticky like warm chocolate or cheese
21
3.5
A little damp, slightly sticky, and cool in a way that feels unpleasant
21
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
15
6.9
Has a bad smell
11
6.7
Having a very strong unpleasant smell or taste
9
4.1
A very strong stink that makes you want to move away
4
9.9
A person or place that seems dirty and makes you feel uneasy
4
4.9
Not completely dry and slightly sticky to the touch
3
5.6
Thick and sticky in a wet, unpleasant way
2
3.8
Having a bad smell that people do not like
2
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
5.5
Thick and sticky in a messy way
1
8.5
Having a strong smell that is often unpleasant
1
7.7
Covered with sticky, dirty stuff
1
7.4
Very unpleasant to see, smell, taste, or touch
1
9.3
Having a bad smell, taste, or look that makes you want to throw up
1
8.8
Sticky and messy with a soft unpleasant covering
1
6.7
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
1
9.9
Feels unpleasant and gross, often sticky or smelly
1
8.4
Having a wet, glue like feel that makes things stay on it
Looking unpleasant to eat because it seems old, dirty or spoiled
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
31
4.9
538
1.3
- Informal
333
2.3
- Informal
37
7.1
19
6.1
183
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.