Synonyms of sucky

sucky

adjective

ˈsə-kē 

slang

as in terrible

extremely unsatisfactory

I'm tired of driving around in a sucky car that is always breaking down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terrible
• horrible
• awful
• poor
• bad
• lousy
• atrocious
• dismal
• rotten
• wretched
• abysmal
• defective
• flawed
• execrable
• inadequate
• miserable
• substandard
• shameful
• insufficient
• inferior
• mediocre
• punk
• useless
• deficient
• worthless
• lacking
• wanting
• contemptible
• off
• faulty
• bum
• reprehensible
• abominable
• low-grade
• valueless
• odious
• vile
• damnable
• second-rate
• fiendish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• great
• wonderful
• marvelous
• excellent
• superior
• exceptional
• prime
• adequate
• choice
• sufficient
• first-class
• premium
• bitchin'
• acceptable
• satisfactory
• first-rate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sucky

These last couple of years have been especially sucky, though. — Rabih Alameddine september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025

True to form, when my sons were in first grade, the advanced readers basked in the blue group, middle readers were relegated to the yellow group, the sucky readers sentenced to red. — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025

Where’s the comprehensive strategy on how to deal with climate change and the impact of climate change like the very sucky one of more ticks? — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025

Pretty sucky timing happening there, while Mercury retrograde is gleefully sowing misunderstandings that seem to legitimize your gloomy suspicions. — Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024

Uptime must be at least a (fairly sucky) 97% which means 262 hours of downtime is allow each year. — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023