Synonyms of sucking

sucking

verb

present participle of suck, informal + sometimes impolite

as in smelling

to be objectionable or unsatisfactory

it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smelling
• biting
• stinking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ruling
• rocking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sucking

That outsize assembly feeds the impression of a project patched together by committee, sucking any spark or spontaneity or emotional uplift out of the material. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026

Lace bugs are sap-sucking insects, and their type of feeding damage is called stippling. — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026

For some people, this is enough to keep them from revisiting the same time-sucking sites and apps. — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Weil’s struggles reflect the broader changes sweeping through Big Law in recent years, in which the largest firms are sucking up talent and business. — Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

The intestinal parasites feast on their hosts, sucking valuable nutrients from mammals. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026

At the dock, a fish pump, which works like a giant vacuum tube, was sucking the fish out of the hold. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Deadline has established that several top producers have declined to throw their hat into the ring, with many citing concerns about the lack of rights and the production contract sucking creative energy away from other projects. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Not to mention, nobody wants to live near the enormous, noisy, resource-sucking data centers required to make this technology run. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026