yucky

Thân thiện

The toddler makes a yucky face after tasting the green vegetable.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Highly unpleasant or disgusting; causing a strong feeling of aversion or revulsion, often in a physical sense. This describes something that is extremely unappealing, often to the senses of taste, smell, or sight, and provokes a feeling of wanting to avoid it.

Usage

The word "yucky" is primarily used in informal, everyday speech. It is commonly used by children but is also understood and used by adults in casual contexts to express strong distaste. It often describes things that are messy, dirty, spoiled, or otherwise physically repulsive.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The medicine tasted so yucky that the child refused to take it.
  • She stepped in something yucky on the sidewalk.
  • After being in the sun all day, the mayonnaise had a yucky smell.

Advanced Usage

• "yuck factor": This informal phrase refers to the element of something that causes disgust or revulsion.
  • The yuck factor of cleaning the drain kept everyone from volunteering.

Variants and Related Words

• Yuck (interjection/noun): An exclamation of disgust. Can also refer to something disgusting.
  • "Yuck! I hate broccoli," she said.
  • There's some green yuck growing in the container.

Synonyms

• Disgusting: Arousing revulsion or strong indignation.
• Revolting: Causing intense disgust.
• Nasty: Very unpleasant, especially to the senses.
• Gross (informal): Very unpleasant or disgusting.
• Repellent: Tending to drive away or cause aversion.

Antonyms

• Delicious
• Appetizing
• Pleasant
• Attractive

Related Idioms and Phrases

• (feel) yucky: To feel unwell or sick.
  • I ate too much candy and now I feel yucky.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
   • a disgusting smell
   • distasteful language
   • a loathsome disease
   • the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
   • revolting food
   • a wicked stench