ickiness
- a word derived from icky.
Example Sentences
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The general ickiness of this is pretty on point.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2024
These are stories I want to invest in, and it's irritating to have the alleged Garlin ickiness buzzing around my cranium like a gnat while I try to do that.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2023
“It’s very understandable and hopefully common,” Buller says, “that there is an inherent ickiness to the idea of placing an abstract dollar value on complex life-forms.”
From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2023
But Cronin’s lab went beyond that to zero in on the underside of your disposal’s black rubber drain flange, a location that tends to overperform on ickiness.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2022
I shake off all the feeling of ickiness he creates in me, every bit, and it rolls off like it’s oily gunk.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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