yuckiness

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noun

The state or condition of being yucky.

OriginEnglish yucky →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounyuckiness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being yucky.

    One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.

    2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891

Origin

  1. Englishyuck
  2. Englishyucky
  3. Englishyuckiness

From yucky + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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