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icky
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ick·y  (k)
adj. ick·i·er, ick·i·est Informal
1. Disagreeably sticky: icky candy.
2. Offensive; distasteful: icky sentimentality.

[Origin unknown.]

icki·ly adv.
icki·ness n.

icky [ˈɪkɪ]
adj ickier, ickiest
1. sticky
2. excessively sentimental or emotional
ickiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.icky - very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
2.icky - soft and sticky
adhesive - tending to adhere
Translations
icky [ˈɪkɪ] ADJ (= sticky) → todo pegajoso (fig) (= horrible) → asqueroso
icky [ˈɪki] adj (mainly US)
(= sentimental) → gnangnan inv
(= sticky) → poisseux/euse
icky
adj (inf)
(= yucky)ekelhaft, eklig (inf)
(= sentimental)kitschig (pej)


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