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icky

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icky /ˈɪki/ adjective
ickier; ickiest
icky
/ˈɪki/
adjective
ickier; ickiest
Learner's definition of ICKY
[also more icky; most icky] informal
: having a very unpleasant quality讨厌的;令人恶心的
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ickier; ickiest
: offensive to the senses or sensibilities : distasteful
put off by her icky triteness Renata Adler
ickiness noun

Example Sentences

The trail was icky with mud. the novel has an icky sentimentality that makes my skin crawl
Recent Examples on the Web What can’t be spoiled is the icky, fruitful, complicated morass of feelings and ideas Dunham threads through this affair. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2022 To the reader, his behavior seems icky and violative. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022 The restaurants were filled with the thrilling energy and picture-ready atmosphere that dreams are made of, while the food was loud, original, ferociously spicy, and cross-cultural without feeling like icky fusion. Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 21 July 2022 The Waltons bought Rapha, which made roadies feel all icky and déclassé. Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 2 June 2022 Today’s outdoor textiles have a softer hand and resist the growth of icky microorganisms. New York Times, 2 June 2022 Don’t let the blistering hot weather on icky summer days deter you from wearing them all season long. Vogue, 24 May 2022 Our heroine Cam pulls off a truly icky DIY surgery in the back of a speeding vehicle being driven by desperate men. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 8 Apr. 2022 And not even a moral victory type of loss, but something icky. Damon Young, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

perhaps baby talk alteration of sticky

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of icky was in 1929
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