yucky
adjUK /ˈjʌkɪ/ · US /ˈjʌki/
Etymology From yuck + -y. Compare Old English ġyċċiġ (“putrid”).
1
Childish, Colloquial, Often Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.
- The food that I ate today was very yucky.
- "Don't rule out desalination because it is expensive, or recycling because it sounds yucky, or building a dam," Mr Turnbull told Australian media."2007, "Queensland to drink waste water", BBC Online
- Synonyms
- disgusting, distasteful, foul, gross, loathsome, nasty, offensive, repugnant, revolting, unpleasant, wicked
- Antonyms
- yummy
- Derived terms
- yuckiness