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adjective, ickĀ·iĀ·er, ickĀ·iĀ·est. Informal .
repulsive or distasteful.
excessively sweet or sentimental.
unsophisticated or old-fashioned.
sticky; viscid.
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Origin of icky An Americanism dating back to 1930ā35; of uncertain origin
OTHER WORDS FROM icky ickĀ·iĀ·ness, noun
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How to use icky in a sentence The idea of human hearts or livers growing inside an animal may be icky , but tolerable, to some.
She wanted to thrill without making it feel icky or lascivious.
In the past decades weāve learned a lot about the icky ingredients lurking in our favorite personal products.
Despite the pandemicās impact on all of us, sick and healthy, weāve actually seen a record-breaking low amount of another icky , highly-contagious respiratory virusāthe flu.
Add in the long-term injury factor, and thereās something extra icky about tanking in football in particular.
One lefty tweeter even complained that an invasion of icky American tourists would undermine āfamily valuesā in Cuba.
Actually, rather like Gruber, we feel rather icky about fairy tales.
From the rise of the rosebud niche to headlines about STDs outbreaks, the XXX industry may be commercially icky .
If he sees a child held in such a way now, it gives him āan icky feeling.ā
The celeb-endorsed craze promises to flush your body of icky impurities with a flood of juice.
Three went down on "phthis-icky " and four on "Ticdouloureux."
ICKY took flight with them, and got so close to the sun that the wax melted and his wings came off.
Uncle Icky got out of his bunk, built a fire in the stove and set his coffee to boil.
The most important fact is that Icky Jones has been a fool for over twenty year.
At Uncle Icky 's request, the yacht sailed first for the coast-guard station.
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British Dictionary definitions for icky
adjective ickier or ickiest
sticky
excessively sentimental or emotional
Derived forms of icky ickiness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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