ickiness

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noun

The state or condition of being icky.

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Meanings

nounickiness (countable and uncountable, plural ickinesses)

plural ickinesses

  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being icky.
  2. countableSomething that is icky.

    I had much more vivid horrors than Lovecraft's nameless ickinesses to write about now.

    2009, David Drake, The Complete Hammer's Slammers
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    Then Sara opened up her teapot to remove the tea bag and gasped, “There is an ickiness in here!” and of course Leroy got all excited and peered in at what first seemed to be a small brain.

    1988, California - Volume 13, Issues 5-8, page 47

    If I could pull your mind away from ickinesses—sorry, I don't really like talking about this stuff. . .

    2008, Shula Klinger, The Kingdom of Strange, page 112

Origin

From icky + -ness.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

ickiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ickiness

MLA

“ickiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ickiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ickiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ickiness.

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