as in unpleasant
not giving pleasure to the mind or senses
the novel has an icky sentimentality that makes my skin crawl
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For Nobody Wants This creator Erin Foster, icky art truly imitates icky life.
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2024
These body fluids as well as their body surfaces can carry all sorts of icky disease-causing microbes.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Though their handiwork is often glimpsed too briefly, special makeup effects designer Patrick Magee and VFX supervisor Justin Martinez (both credited for the entire feature) contribute some vividly icky, grotesque images.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Even if the end justifies the means, there’s something icky about the whole thing.
—Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 6 Sep. 2024
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2024
These body fluids as well as their body surfaces can carry all sorts of icky disease-causing microbes.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Though their handiwork is often glimpsed too briefly, special makeup effects designer Patrick Magee and VFX supervisor Justin Martinez (both credited for the entire feature) contribute some vividly icky, grotesque images.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Even if the end justifies the means, there’s something icky about the whole thing.
—Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 6 Sep. 2024
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Daryl has the unpleasant task of taking down two people who aren’t hallucinating: Angus and Fiona, the Scottish couple, who turn on Daryl to take the gas masks and save themselves.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
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The experience of getting shocked activates an engram in the brain, which stores the unpleasant memory.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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There are also more-than-adequate storage spaces in the large center console annd all four doors. CHANGE: The ride quality The ride quality is a little harsher in the Sorento than in some of its competitors, especially with the 20-inch wheels and lower profile tires the tester came equipped with.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s comments on Taiwan have been unusually harsh for China policy in Washington, where there is a general bipartisan consensus to be tough on Beijing and Xi, who has pledged to reunify with Taipei, by force if necessary.Brad Dress, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.SI.com, SI.com, 1 Feb. 2018
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Of the Democrats surveyed, 75 percent said Hitler was completely bad, while 60 percent of Republicans said the same.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Power providers Constellation Energy and Vistra meanwhile saw their respective stock prices drop by more than 12% and about 3% — Constellation's worst day since it was spun out of Exelon in February 2022.Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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The soaring harmonies on the chorus, the nasty edge to the bass line, the way the horns add sizzle to an already piping-hot track; these are all the indelible hallmarks of Jones’ work.Elias Leight, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave took a nasty hit in their Week 9 game against the Carolina Panthers and was carted off the field.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Watch on Hulu Queenie Queenie Jenkins (Dionne Brown) is a Jamaican-British twentysomething whose world is thrown into an upheaval following an ugly breakup with her boyfriend.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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All those who downplay General John Kelly’s revelations and even attack Trump’s former chief of staff for noting the ex-president’s fascist beliefs are also, in their way, bowing to the ugliest currents in our political culture.DP Opinion, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024
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The hotel deal turned sour for the investment group that bought it, too, and the hotel was foreclosed on in August; Donald Trump lost $28 million of seller financing when the place went belly-up.Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Light brown sugar and white wine vinegar: Add some extra sweet and sour flavor to the ketchup glaze.Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
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Trump is disgusting, unhinged and unfit to represent the United States.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Oliver Stone calls John Wick 4 'disgusting beyond belief' Star Keanu Reeves was the film's main selling point, but his box office pull had considerably weakened since his glory days in the 1990s.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Icky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icky. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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