yucky

«yucky» in Mova's school dictionary: Very unpleasant or disgusting, especially to taste, touch… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (yucky, yuckier, yuckiest — informal)

meaning for a pupil

(informal) Very unpleasant or disgusting, especially to taste, touch or look at. tree →

sense in the lessons

Very common in children's talk and stories with real speech: yucky food, yucky mud, yucky medicine. The sound word «yuck!» is said when something is disgusting. Tells the reader the speaker strongly dislikes it.

examples

• This medicine tastes yucky. tree →
• My shoes are covered in yucky mud. tree →
• «Yucky!» said my brother when he saw the slug. tree →
• The cafeteria soup was the yuckiest ever. tree →
• Sprouts aren't yucky if you roast them. tree →
• Wash your hands after touching anything yucky. tree →

note

Informal; in school writing use «disgusting» or «unpleasant». From «yuck» (US also «yuk»). Comparative yuckier (y → i).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «yucky» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.