variants or less commonly yukky
yuckier also yukkier; yukkiest
: repugnant, distasteful
also : unpleasant, disagreeable
felt yucky
a yucky chore

Examples of yucky in a Sentence

The water was dirty and smelled yucky. I felt yucky after eating all that cake.
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The area around the toilet bowl can be a chief source of yucky smells as they can get trapped within the grout and even around the base of the toilet. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2024 There’s yucky pleasure to be had in watching these young people flounder, all while the alien molts through multiple hostile futures, waiting to be reborn. Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024 Sam spots a slug sliming its way along a bed of moist leaves and points it out to her father—even these yucky creatures can look like miniature miracles. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024 The bad: Rotisserie chicken juices that leak into a reusable bag or onto a countertop could promote bacterial growth, along with getting yucky and smelling bad as time goes on. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for yucky 

Word History

Etymology

yuck

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of yucky was in 1970

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“Yucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yucky. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

yucky

adjective
yuckier; yuckiest
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