icky.
Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
Meaning & usage
Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.
Excessively sentimental.
Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.
I'm not going to work today. I just feel icky.
Where this word comes from
1935, American English; from icky-boo (circa 1920): sickly, nauseated; baby talk corruption of sick; from a sentimental term for jazz music.
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