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In some senses, icky is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
icky
/ˈɪki/
adj 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
rainy
VERB + ICKY
feel, stepped, thrust
ICKY + NOUN
boston, job
PREP.
in, in, into
Definitions
adj
1
Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.
Crew member Sachin Sharma of India said workers had no problems with being thrust into the icky job of handling the red bags filled with human waste.
2
Excessively sentimental.
3
Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.
I'm not going to work today. I just feel icky.
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Idioms & Phrases
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I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.
Wiktionary02
Crew member Sachin Sharma of India said workers had no problems with being thrust into the icky job of handling the red bags filled with human waste.
Wiktionary03
I'm not going to work today. I just feel icky.
Wiktionary04
That's icky.
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It was icky.
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It's rainy and icky here in Boston.
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