icky

Adjective Satellite

very bad
soft and sticky

Adj

Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
Excessively sentimental.
Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.

Adjective

Repulsive, unpleasant, or sickly.

Examples

I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.
I'm not going to work today. I just feel icky.
That three-letter word play felt icky, but it opened up a seven-letter possibility next turn.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

crappy, gooey, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky

Scrabble Score: 13

icky: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
icky: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
icky: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

icky: valid Words With Friends Word