icky

Other forms of icky

comparative

ickier·

superlative

ickiest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about icky

What does icky mean?

icky means "very bad". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in icky?

icky has 2 syllables: ic-ky. The stress falls on "ic".

What is another word for icky?

Close synonyms include crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is icky a common word?

icky is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.