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icky

adjective
Quick answer

As an adjective, icky means unpleasantly sticky.

Meanings of icky

4 meanings

adjective

  1. informalUnpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.

    “I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.”

  2. informalExcessively sentimental.

  3. informalUnwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.

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

  4. Very bad

    “a lousy play”

    “it's a stinking world”

    Similar: crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

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adjective: very bad
crappylousyrottenshittystinkingstinky
adjective: soft and sticky
gooey

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