icky

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//ˈɪki//

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Definitions & Usage

adjective
#1

(informal) Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.

Example: I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.
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adjective
#2

(informal) Excessively sentimental.

Translations:[DE]kitschig
adjective
#3

(informal) Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.

Example: I'm not going to work today. I just feel icky.

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

Crew member Sachin Sharma of India said workers had no problems with being thrust into the icky job of handling the red bags filled with human waste.

2013 February 15, Wayne Drash, “On crippled cruise ship, icky jobs fell to ‘amazing’ crew”, in CNN:

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