YUCKY

disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

(adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; ā€œa disgusting smellā€; ā€œdistasteful languageā€; ā€œa loathsome diseaseā€; ā€œthe idea of eating meat is repellent to meā€; ā€œrevolting foodā€; ā€œa wicked stenchā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

yucky (comparative yuckier, superlative yuckiest)

(colloquial, often, childish) Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.

Synonyms

• disgusting

• distasteful

• foul

• gross

• loathsome

• nasty

• offensive

• repugnant

• revolting

• unpleasant

• wicked

Antonyms

• yummy

Source: Wiktionary



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