Yucky — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/jˈʌki/

🇬🇧British English

/jˈʌki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/jˈʌki/

2 syllables Say it as /jˈʌki/.

Examples

a disgusting smell
distasteful language
a loathsome disease

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

skanky wicked revolting distasteful loathly disgustful loathsome repellant repelling disgusting foul repellent

Parts of Speech

adjective

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

“a disgusting smell”

Word Forms

disgustingness	noun	extreme unpalatability to the mouth
distastefulness	noun	the quality of being offensive
loathsomeness	noun	the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
repel	verb	fill with distaste
skank	noun	any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
wickedness	noun	the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

eklig

höchst beleidigend; Abneigung oder Ekel hervorrufen

🇫🇷French

dégueu

très offensant; susciter de l'aversion ou du dégoût

🇪🇸Spanish

asqueroso

muy ofensivo; despertar aversión o disgusto

🇮🇹Italian

schifo

altamente offensivo; suscitare avversione o disgusto

🇳🇱Dutch

vies

zeer beledigend; afkeer of walging opwekken

🇵🇹Portuguese

nojento

altamente ofensivo; despertando aversão ou repulsa

🇷🇺Russian

противный

очень оскорбительный; вызывающий отвращение или отвращение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भाग्यशाली

अत्यधिक आक्रामक; घृणा या घृणा उत्पन्न करना

🇮🇳Marathi

युकी

अत्यंत आक्षेपार्ह; तिरस्कार किंवा तिरस्कार जागृत करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

યુકી

અત્યંત અપમાનજનક; અણગમો અથવા અણગમો જગાડવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಡ್ಡ

ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಆಕ್ರಮಣಕಾರಿ; ದ್ವೇಷ ಅಥವಾ ಅಸಹ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಾಕುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നക്കി

അത്യന്തം കുറ്റകരമായ; വെറുപ്പ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വെറുപ്പ് ഉണർത്തുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਯੂਕੀ

ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਅਪਮਾਨਜਨਕ; ਨਫ਼ਰਤ ਜਾਂ ਨਫ਼ਰਤ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

یوکی

انتہائی جارحانہ؛ نفرت یا نفرت پیدا کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

令人讨厌的

极具攻击性；引起反感或厌恶

🇯🇵Japanese

ひどい

非常に攻撃的です。嫌悪感や嫌悪感を引き起こす

🇰🇷Korean

불쾌한

매우 공격적입니다. 혐오감이나 혐오감을 불러일으키는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xui xẻo

có tính xúc phạm cao; gây ác cảm hoặc ghê tởm

🇹🇭Thai

แหยะ

น่ารังเกียจมาก; ปลุกเร้าความเกลียดชังหรือความรังเกียจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

menjijikkan

sangat menyinggung; menimbulkan kebencian atau rasa jijik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مقزز

مسيئة للغاية؛ إثارة النفور أو الاشمئزاز

🇮🇷Persian

بدبخت

بسیار توهین آمیز؛ برانگیختن بیزاری یا انزجار

🇹🇷Turkish

iğrenç

son derece saldırgan; nefret veya tiksinti uyandıran

🇮🇱Hebrew

איכס

פוגעני ביותר; מעורר סלידה או סלידה

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The primary meaning of 'yucky' is 'highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust'.

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