yucky
UK/ˈjʌkɪ//ˈjʌki/
yucky adjective: of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.
Adjective
yucky (comparative yuckier, superlative yuckiest)
- Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.
- The food that I ate today was very yucky.
- "Don't rule out desalination because it is expensive, or recycling because it sounds yucky, or building a dam," Mr Turnbull told Australian media."2007, "Queensland to drink waste water", BBC Online
- Synonyms:
- disgusting, distasteful, foul, gross, icky, loathsome, nasty, offensive, repugnant, revolting
yucky meaning in Urdu, Persian and Vietnamese
yucky in Urdu
- ناگوار
yucky in Persian
- causing aversion or disgust
- چندشآور čendeš-âvar
yucky in Vietnamese
- causing aversion or disgust
- kinh tởm
Synonyms of yucky
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Antonyms
Forms of yucky
| comparative | yuckier |
|---|---|
| superlative | yuckiest |
| alternative form | yukky |
Origin of yucky
From yuck + -y. Compare Old English ġyċċiġ (“putrid”).
Words formed from yucky
Words that rhyme with yucky
Questions about yucky
- What does yucky mean?
- Yucky means of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.
- What is yucky in Urdu?
- Yucky in Urdu is ناگوار. See Yucky meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is yucky?
- Yucky is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce yucky?
- Yucky is pronounced /ˈjʌkɪ/ (UK).
Words near yucky in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yucky (page history and authors); yucky (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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