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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yucky/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yucky/#x1)
- My shoes are covered in yucky mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yucky/#x2)
- «Yucky!» said my brother when he saw the slug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yucky/#x3)
- The cafeteria soup was the yuckiest ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yucky/#x4)
- Sprouts aren't yucky if you roast them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yucky/#x5)
- Wash your hands after touching anything yucky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yucky/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yucky/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.