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"word": "sticky-icky"
}
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"etymology_text": "1935, American English; from icky-boo (circa 1920): sickly, nauseated; baby talk corruption of sick; from a sentimental term for jazz music.",
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},
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"Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting."
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"(informal) Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting."
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lepkav",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "лепкав"
},
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"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "aĉa"
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"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "malbongustega"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "yököttävä"
},
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"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"tags": [
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"word": "ällö"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "dégueulasse"
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"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
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"word": "dégueu"
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"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "dégoûtant"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "eklig"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "ekelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "fies klebrig"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disgustoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"tags": [
"childish"
],
"word": "be"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meloso"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "äcklig"
}
]
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"glosses": [
"Excessively sentimental."
],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Excessively sentimental."
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sladnikav",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"word": "сладникав"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "cucul"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"word": "mièvre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sirupeux"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"word": "kitschig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sdolcinato"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "svenevole"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"word": "sliskig"
}
]
},
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"text": "I'm not going to work today. I just feel icky.",
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"Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health."
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"Unwell",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health."
],
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"ipa": "/ˈɪki/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪki"
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"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɪki",
"Rhymes:English/ɪki/2 syllables"
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"word": "icky-poo"
},
{
"word": "sticky-icky"
}
],
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"forms": [
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"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "ickiest",
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"superlative"
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}
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"word": "ick"
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"text": "I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.",
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"Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting."
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"sticky",
"sticky"
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"yucky",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting."
],
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"informal"
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},
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],
"glosses": [
"Excessively sentimental."
],
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"Excessively",
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"sentimental",
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"(informal) Excessively sentimental."
],
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"examples": [
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"text": "I'm not going to work today. I just feel icky.",
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"Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health."
],
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"Unwell",
"unwell"
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"upset",
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],
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"(informal) Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health."
],
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},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lepkav",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "лепкав"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "aĉa"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "malbongustega"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "yököttävä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "ällö"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "dégueulasse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "dégueu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "dégoûtant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "eklig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "ekelig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "fies klebrig"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disgustoso"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"tags": [
"childish"
],
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meloso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting",
"word": "äcklig"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sladnikav",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"word": "сладникав"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "cucul"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"word": "mièvre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sirupeux"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"word": "kitschig"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sdolcinato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "svenevole"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "excessively sentimental",
"word": "sliskig"
}
],
"word": "icky"
}
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