Definition of "icky" []

• Informal Disagreeably sticky: icky candy. (adjective)
• Informal Offensive; distasteful: icky sentimentality. (adjective)

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• "However, just resting and waiting out those first three months when you feel "icky" is an important thing and no one should put pressure on you or make you feel lazy."
• "If you doubt it, wait for the moment when Grimes announces, elbow-deep in icky stuff, "We need more guts!""
• "I'm sick with a sinus infection and just feel plain icky!"