icky
repulsive or distasteful.
excessively sweet or sentimental.
unsophisticated or old-fashioned.
sticky; viscid.
Origin of icky
1Other words for icky
1 | revolting, nasty |
3 | gummy, gooey, gucky |
Other words from icky
- ick·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby icky
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How to use icky in a sentence
The idea of human hearts or livers growing inside an animal may be icky, but tolerable, to some.
Scientists Grew Human Cells in Monkey Embryos, and Yes, It’s an Ethical Minefield | Shelly Fan | April 20, 2021 | Singularity HubShe wanted to thrill without making it feel icky or lascivious.
Promising Young Woman’s explosive ending and Best Picture chances, explained | Emily VanDerWerff | April 16, 2021 | VoxIn the past decades we’ve learned a lot about the icky ingredients lurking in our favorite personal products.
Are ‘clean’ cosmetics better for us than other beauty products? | Sara Kiley Watson | March 17, 2021 | Popular-ScienceDespite the pandemic’s impact on all of us, sick and healthy, we’ve actually seen a record-breaking low amount of another icky, highly-contagious respiratory virus—the flu.
Flu cases have been shockingly low during the pandemic. Here why. | Sara Kiley Watson | January 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAdd in the long-term injury factor, and there’s something extra icky about tanking in football in particular.
Are The Jets Tanking, Or Are They Just This Bad? | Sara Ziegler (sara.ziegler@fivethirtyeight.com) | December 7, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
One lefty tweeter even complained that an invasion of icky American tourists would undermine “family values” in Cuba.
Castro's Hipster Apologists Want to Keep Cuba ‘Authentically’ Poor | Michael Moynihan | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTActually, rather like Gruber, we feel rather icky about fairy tales.
From the rise of the rosebud niche to headlines about STDs outbreaks, the XXX industry may be commercially icky.
Too Hot for Google: Why The Internet Giant Is Scared of Porn | Aurora Snow | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf he sees a child held in such a way now, it gives him “an icky feeling.”
Exclusive: ‘X-Men’ Sex Abuse Lawyer Says He Was Assaulted, Too | Tim Teeman | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe celeb-endorsed craze promises to flush your body of icky impurities with a flood of juice.
Three went down on "phthis-icky" and four on "Ticdouloureux."
Strange Stories of the Great Valley | Abbie Johnston Grosvenoricky took flight with them, and got so close to the sun that the wax melted and his wings came off.
Uncle icky got out of his bunk, built a fire in the stove and set his coffee to boil.
When the Cock Crows | Waldron BailyThe most important fact is that icky Jones has been a fool for over twenty year.
When the Cock Crows | Waldron BailyAt Uncle icky's request, the yacht sailed first for the coast-guard station.
When the Cock Crows | Waldron Baily
British Dictionary definitions for icky
/ (ˈɪkɪ) /
sticky
excessively sentimental or emotional
Derived forms of icky
- ickiness, noun
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