squicky

English

Etymology

From squick +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskwɪk.i/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪki

Adjective

squicky (comparative squickier, superlative squickiest)

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

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

   • 2019 June 3, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-3003 - The End of History” (18:44 from the start), in The Exploring Series‎, archived from the original on 11 August 2024:

     You might remember at the start that I said SCP-3003 blends squicky body horror with a commentary on humanity. I'm sure the body-horror aspect is fairly obvious now, but the commentary perhaps not.

Related terms

• squick

Translations

of something that engenders disgust

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