Icky Definition

ĭkē
ickier, ickiest
adjective
ickier, ickiest
Unpleasantly sticky or gluey.
Webster's New World
Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.
Webster's New World
Very distasteful; disgusting.
Webster's New World

(informal) Excessively sentimental.

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Other Word Forms of Icky

Adjective

Base Form:
icky
Comparative:
ickier
Superlative:
ickiest

Origin of Icky

  • 1935, American English; from icky-boo (circa 1920): sickly, nauseated; baby talk corruption of sick; from a sentimental term for Jazz music.

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably ick -y

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Icky Sentence Examples

  • You never have to drive to another gasoline station because this one's just too icky looking.

  • In fact, it could look a bit gruesome and icky.

  • It is a slightly icky picture and you can see eggs that haven't hatched.

  • Yes, Montana, but they are icky and weird.

  • It was Lurid yellow and made from something icky and synthetic.

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Words Starting With

IICICK

Words Ending With

YKYCKY

Unscrambles

icky

Words Starting With I and Ending With Y

Starts With I & Ends With YStarts With IC & Ends With YStarts With I & Ends With KY

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With I4 Letter Words Ending With Y

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