yucky

adjective

ˈyə-kē 

variants or less commonly yukky

yuckier also yukkier; yuckiest also yukkiest

: repugnant, distasteful

also : unpleasant, disagreeable

felt yucky

a yucky chore

Synonyms of yucky

• horrible
• bad
• unappetizing
• nasty
• awful
• distasteful
• unpalatable
• brackish
• unsavory
• filthy
• bland

Examples of yucky in a Sentence

The water was dirty and smelled yucky.

I felt yucky after eating all that cake.

Recent Examples on the Web

Follow these steps to get rid of hardened residue, odors, and germs, and learn how to make outdoor trash cans a little less yucky. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026

Pour white vinegar down drains to banish yucky scents. — Emerson Latham, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026

Still, with this now primarily a corporate case for the defendants, and a lot of something yucky still to be flung at the docket by both sides heading towards trial, calmer heads and reputations ultimately prevailed. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 May 2026

Just like conventional cookies made with wheat, flavors and textures of gluten-free cookies vary wildly, from dry and crumbly to rich and chewy, and from deliciously munchable to yucky and forgettable. — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

yuck

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for yucky

• bucky
• lucky
• mucky
• plucky
• unlucky

Kids Definition

yucky

adjective

ˈyək-ē 

yuckier; yuckiest

: disagreeable, distasteful