Definitions for ickyˈɪk i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ick•y*ˈɪk i(adj.)ick•i•er, ick•i•est.

  1. repulsive or distasteful.

    Category: Informal

  2. excessively sweet or sentimental.

  3. unsophisticated or old-fashioned.

    Category: Informal

  4. sticky; viscid.

    Category: Informal

* Informal..

Origin of icky:

1930–35, Amer.

ick′i•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky(adj)

    very bad

    "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

  2. gooey, icky(adj)

    soft and sticky

Wiktionary

  1. icky(Adjective)

    unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting

    I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.

  2. icky(Adjective)

    excessively sentimental


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