icky

(ikē)

adjective ickier, ickiest

  1. unpleasantly sticky or gluey
  2. cloyingly sweet or sentimental
  3. very distasteful; disgusting

Origin: baby talk, short for sticky

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See icky in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective ick·i·er, ick·i·est
Informal
  1. Disagreeably sticky: icky candy.
  2. Offensive; distasteful: icky sentimentality.

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Related Forms:

  • ickˈi·ly adverb
  • ickˈi·ness noun

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