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icky

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
icky /ˈikē, ˈɪki /
▸ adjective
(ickier, ickiest)
informal unpleasantly sticky.
▪ nasty or unpleasant:
icky boys with all their macho strutting.
▪ distastefully sentimental:
a romantic subplot that is just plain icky.
– DERIVATIVES
ickiness
– ORIGIN 1930s : perhaps related to sick1 or to the child's word ickle.