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1
as in distasteful
disagreeable or disgusting to the sense of taste
a child at that age where every unfamiliar and untried food is preemptively dismissed as "yucky"
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as in unpleasant
not giving pleasure to the mind or senses
the weather is supposed to be yucky, so bring your jacket and umbrella
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Recent Examples of yucky
The bad: Rotisserie chicken juices that leak into a reusable bag or onto a countertop could promote bacterial growth, along with getting yucky and smelling bad as time goes on.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 20 June 2024
For any tough-on pieces of food or yucky residue, the brand recommends using steel wool to gently scour inside.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
Her mom offered her a Sour Patch Kid, which previous patients had figured out is perfect for covering up the yucky taste.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
Each page depicts two opposites—one yummy and one yucky—while showing a toddler’s reaction to eating each one.
—Laura Denby, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 20 June 2024
For any tough-on pieces of food or yucky residue, the brand recommends using steel wool to gently scour inside.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
Her mom offered her a Sour Patch Kid, which previous patients had figured out is perfect for covering up the yucky taste.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
Each page depicts two opposites—one yummy and one yucky—while showing a toddler’s reaction to eating each one.
—Laura Denby, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yucky
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Those choices seem even more baffling and distasteful after watching this documentary, which shows the real Lyle breaking down with shame on the witness stand over his abuse of Erik.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
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The performance of the big meal is done, the mood has relaxed, the more distasteful guests are long gone.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2024
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The news, predictably, was unpleasant: the Olympic roster was about to leak, and Clark wasn’t on it.Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Almost everyone is bitter, unpleasant, scheming, self-centered, manipulative or awful (or just plain crazy).Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Although there is high demand among students for internships and other work opportunities, our education-employer ecosystem is doing a horrible job delivering them.Brandon Busteed, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Even as the country seeks to emerge from the legacy of those seven horrible years, however, a new government elected in 2023 has become the first since the fall of the dictatorship to justify the regime’s extrajudicial killings and violent repression.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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In an awards season that is looking pretty wicked on a number of levels, the Golden Globes pulled back the curtain on some magical contenders this morning.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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The word ‘wicked’ is so small that it can be thrown from the open back door of a school bus.Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
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They were packed in the ships’ holds in filthy conditions reminiscent of their initial arrival in North America, their prospects of freedom largely unchanged by the war.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Don't let a little plumbing snafu make your dishwasher filthy.Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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If anything, the living conditions seemed to get worse.Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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That's not a bad stat to have on your Challenge resumé.Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Like, watched it all the way through from the shrill opening filled with obnoxious kids to the leadenly staged slapstick climax?Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Although the court was an obnoxious shade of yellow to signify and celebrate the NBA Cup occasion, Denver was officially eliminated from the group stage of the in-season tournament by halftime, due to other results around the league.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
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Wireless Humidifier Another Healthy Home Awards winner, this portable humidifier can sit on top of their desk or nightstand to hydrate dry skin (or help a cold feel a little less nasty).Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 10 Dec. 2024
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Treinen rewarded his manager’s faith in him by retiring the dangerous Giancarlo Stanton on a first-pitch fly out to right field and striking out Anthony Rizzo with a nasty 86-mph sweeper to end the inning.Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Yucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yucky. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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