Meanings
comparative suckier · superlative suckiest
- Suitable for sucking
a sucky sweet
- slangBeing something which sucks, which is unpleasant or inferior.
That comedian was pretty sucky on TV last night.
1 more example
My mother-in-law. Who's^([sic]) isn't sucky, you ask? Mine's exceedingly sucky. More than average I'd say. She tries to turn my wife and kids against me […]
2002, R. Jay Driskill, Necropolis: A Collection of SpectresSynonyms: less than, streets behind, suckworthy, BTEC, cheapie, cullionly, daddocky, inferior
- slangTending to suck up or ingratiate oneself.
Oh no, you'll spoil her, too much sugar is bad for them. / Surely one won't hurt, just this once, Mildred. / And sucky Janine: Oh yes, can I Ma'am, please?
1985, Margaret Atwood, “Birth Day”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 125Synonyms: ingratiating, obsequious, soapy, asslicky, fawning, greasy, groveling, ingratiating
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBeing something which sucks, which is unpleasant or inferior.
adjectiveTending to suck up or ingratiate oneself.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*sūkaną
- Proto-West Germanic*sūkan
- Old Englishsūcan
- Middle Englishsouken
- Englishsuck
- Englishsucky
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sucky
Cite this entry
sucky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sucky
“sucky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sucky. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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