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also yukky
1
as in horrible
disagreeable or disgusting to the sense of taste
a child at that age where every unfamiliar and untried food is preemptively dismissed as "yucky"
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2
as in unpleasant
not giving pleasure to the mind or senses
the weather is supposed to be yucky, so bring your jacket and umbrella
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Recent Examples of yucky
In 2026, enjoying crime coverage can feel downright yucky.
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Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
18 Apr. 2026
The area around the toilet bowl can be a chief source of yucky smells as they can get trapped within the grout and even around the base of the toilet.
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Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
Clear cases often have a yucky texture, but the Ghost 2.0 feels smooth.
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Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
6 Sep. 2025
But these products can be expensive and frankly, yucky.
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Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for yucky
Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
18 Apr. 2026
The area around the toilet bowl can be a chief source of yucky smells as they can get trapped within the grout and even around the base of the toilet.
—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
Clear cases often have a yucky texture, but the Ghost 2.0 feels smooth.
—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
6 Sep. 2025
But these products can be expensive and frankly, yucky.
—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for yucky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yucky
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The Red Sox offense has been horrible this season, but Contreras has been everything the club could have hoped for.
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Your cab driver is taking you on a horrible route.
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Alas, Ligeti proved to be an extraordinarily difficult collaborator, his manic perfectionism colliding with practical reality and leading to unpleasant scenes.
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The consequences are unpleasant, but can also turn dangerous very quickly as body temperature rises.
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In two randomized trials conducted by Stanford economist Nick Bloom, for example, workers reported improved mental health, not worse.
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Heavy rain was bad enough, but lightning in the area is, obviously, nothing to be trifled with.
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The remarks not only referred to the aesthetics of the game – tedious matches devoid of skillful merit that were unpleasing to watch.
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Usually a team of elegant offense, Michigan instead clanked 13 triples off the rim and relied on its inside defensive ferocity to win a game nearly as aesthetically unpleasing as UConn’s 53-41 win over Butler in 2011.
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Try adding lemon, cucumber, or mint to your water to encourage hydration if plain water in the morning feels boring or unappetizing.
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All those unappetizing items go in your brown yard waste cart, not the black trash cart or the blue recycle cart.
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Plant magnolias somewhere they will be protected from harsh winds, especially when buds or flowers are developing.
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Most clarifying shampoos tend to be a little harsh and drying, but this one is gentle and nourishing.
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Including some rather nasty, big corpo bullies who enlist specialist teams to hunt down clues, and other players, too.
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Betty Kovacs, the eldest daughter of comedian Ernie Kovacs who with her sister Kippie and stepmother, actress-singer Edie Adams, was at the center of a nasty custody battle that kept Hollywood riveted in 1962, has died.
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With one notable exception, everyone over there has nothing but ugly things to say about their main villa counterparts.
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Women superheroes have always activated an ugly segment of the internet.
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“Yucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yucky. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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