Definitions for yuckyˈyʌk i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

yuck•y*ˈyʌk i(adj.)yuck•i•er, yuck•i•est.

  1. thoroughly unappetizing, disgusting, or repugnant.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)

* Slang..

Origin of yucky:

1965–70

Princeton's WordNet

  1. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky(adj)

    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

    "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. yucky(adjective)ˈyʌk i

    disgusting

    a yucky slimy texture; The food was yucky.

Wiktionary

  1. yucky(Adjective)

    Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.


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