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Synonyms for icky

  • adjective

Most common

sick poorly stinky stinking cheesy slushy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Yucky — unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health

yucky informal, bad, stinky, dirty, sick, stinking, rotten, lousy, poorly, punk, yechy informal, crummy, loathsome, bum, crappy vulgar informal US CA, shitty vulgar slang

2. Gooey — excessively sentimental

gooey informal, cheesy, slushy, treacly, schmaltzy, syrupy, drippy, mushy, sappy US, soppy UK, maudlin, mawkish dated

3. Gross — unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting

gross, ishy informal US CA

Antonyms

normal, immaculate

All antonyms of icky →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.

    I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.

  2. adj. 2

    Excessively sentimental.

  3. adj. 3

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

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

Example sentences

  • sick The doctor sat up all night with the sick old man.
  • poorly A healthy person is a poorly examined sick person.
  • stinky Mosquitoes are actually attracted to stinky feet.
  • stinking The car is stinking. Have you been sleeping in it?
  • cheesy The movie that we watched today was very cheesy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ickyrising
sickrising
poorlysteady
stinkyrising
stinkingrising
cheesyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bad1, bum1
4 letters
sick1, punk1, ishy
5 letters
dirty2, gross1, lousy2, gooey2, mushy2, sappy, yucky2, soppy2, yechy
6 letters
poorly2, shitty2, rotten2, cheesy2, crappy2, stinky2, crummy2, slushy, syrupy, drippy
7 letters
maudlin2, mawkish2, treacly
8 letters
stinking2
9 letters
loathsome2, schmaltzy

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).