icky

Adjective

1. Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
   • I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.
   • Crew member Sachin Sharma of India said workers had no problems with being thrust into the icky job of handling the red bags filled with human waste. - 2013 February 15, Wayne Drash, “On crippled cruise ship, icky jobs...

   Synonyms: gross ishy

2. Excessively sentimental.

   Synonyms: schmaltzy syrupy treacly bathetic cheesy corny drippy gooey hokey icky kitsch kitschy maudlin mawkish mushy overemotional oversentimental overwrought sappy sickly sweet slushy soppy soupy

3. Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.
   • I'm not going to work today. I just feel icky.

   Synonyms: bad poorly sick ailing crank crook green about the gills icky ill indisposed infirm like death warmed over lousy maladive mawkish off one's feed on the Pat and Mick out of sorts Pat and Mick punk puny queer ropy rough