really yucky
1
7.4
- adjective
- /ˈrɪli ˈjʌki/
- Informal
:
muy asqueroso
- The old food left in the fridge had a really yucky smell that filled the entire kitchen.
Examples
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They were really nice and emailed me back a few hours later, but I still feel really yucky about having done it.
Blog text (26) -
"That's really yucky.
Fiction book (1995) -
After eating the spoiled milk, I felt really yucky and had to lie down for a while.
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Her room was filled with really yucky trash that needed to be cleaned up immediately.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and often serious
∞
1.5
Very bad or frightening in a way that makes you feel upset
∞
1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and causing dislike
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
215
1.0
Not nice and causing discomfort or unhappiness
160
1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
157
5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
136
3.7
Very bad and unpleasant, often causing fear or shock
52
4.1
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
42
3.1
A very bad or painful condition, for example during illness
38
7.1
Sticky and unpleasant to touch or smell
22
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
18
6.9
Has a bad smell
16
8.4
Very bad and unpleasant
6
4.9
Very unpleasant and likely to make you feel disgusted
4
8.2
Very bad and unpleasant, of poor quality
2
8.3
Unpleasant and disgusting, making you feel sick
1
8.7
Very disgusting and likely to make someone want to throw up
1
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
8.4
Very bad and disappointing to experience
1
5.5
Not pleasant to taste, smell, or touch
Having a very strong unpleasant smell or taste
Feels unpleasant and gross, often sticky or smelly
Very unpleasant to see, smell, or taste
Looking unpleasant to eat because it seems old, dirty or spoiled
Antonyms
How Disgusting
6
4.9
531
1.3
- Informal
280
2.3
- Informal
1
7.4
- Informal
22
6.8
215
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining the intensifier 'really' (high degree) with the adjective 'yucky' (distasteful); a B1 learner who knows both words will understand 'really yucky' as 'extremely unpleasant/disgusting'. This follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern of adverb + adjective composition and requires no idiomatic knowledge.
Etymology
Really yucky comes from the simple word 'yuck' that people say when food or things taste or smell bad; the adjective yucky grew from that word and really makes the feeling stronger. So really yucky means 'extremely unpleasant or disgusting'.