squicky

English

Etymology

squick +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskwɪk.i/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪki

Adjective

squicky (comparative squickier, superlative squickiest)

1. (slang) Engendering a feeling of disgust, distaste, nausea or revulsion, but without a judgment regarding the rightness or wrongness of the stimulus.

   She offered to show me the injury, but I find blood rather squicky.

Related terms

• squick

Translations

of something that engenders disgust

• Dutch: vies (nl), jakkes (nl), eikes, beikes