variants also yukky
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of yucky Lots of yucky crackers are double, even triple the cost of the tastiest versions. Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025 May: Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico Trade mud season—that yucky, transitional time between winter and spring when snow, rain, and melt create wet (and muddy) conditions—for drier trails in New Mexico this spring. Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025 There’s yucky pleasure to be had in watching these young people flounder, all while the alien molts through multiple hostile futures, waiting to be reborn. Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024 Sam spots a slug sliming its way along a bed of moist leaves and points it out to her father—even these yucky creatures can look like miniature miracles. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for yucky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yucky
Adjective
  • As Kelli storms off, Brit yells the distasteful comment about Kelli’s abortions, following it up by calling her a hobbit, and the rest of the women reflexively gasp, knowing how low of a blow such a statement is.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 23 June 2025
  • Unfortunately, Canadians found the carbon pricing system confusing and distasteful.
    Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Diana, for example, when anything unpleasant was said in her presence, would slowly blink her eyes in an incredible act of denial.
    Rosemary Counter, Time, 25 June 2025
  • Some of these vitamins have quality issues, like a fishy or unpleasant taste.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • To be able to say that so many writers have been meaningful to you is not a horrible thing.
    John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
  • If Flagg develops into the human triple double who leads the team to the Western Conference Finals and NBA Finals in his first six years, the trade can be called not a horrible deal.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • People used to hang iron on their doors to keep fae and other wicked spirits out at night.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • What makes the series so delightful is Osman’s wicked sense of humor, and the empathy suffused throughout.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • The room was filthy, prescription bottles around the room, one bed with no sheets.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
  • Photograph: Chris Null As anyone who’s ever stuck a cotton swab in there knows, your ear canal is a filthy, disgusting place.
    Christopher Null, Wired News, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • After several months of strong economic news but incredibly weak consumer sentiment, America is starting to see those trends reverse: The vibes are on the rebound, but evidence is mounting that the economy is getting worse.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 June 2025
  • Overall, the recent western drought was at its worst in late 2021, when nearly 94% of the West was in drought, before easing in 2023-24.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Duncan’s crew includes obnoxious head of security Bobby Atwater (Ed Skrein), Haitian co-pilot LeClerc (Bechir Sylvain) and deckhand Nina (Philippine Velge).
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
  • With the help of the chemical solanine, tomatoes deter obnoxious asparagus beetles, which, can do harm to asparagus plants.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Perhaps not helping so much: The set’s early reviews, which have been mostly fairly nasty in their dismissals of the set.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 25 June 2025
  • This time, Boyle and Garland have a sharper, nastier provocation in mind.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 June 2025

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“Yucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yucky. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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