Delicious and Icky

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Delicious adjective - Very pleasing to the sense of taste.

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Icky is an antonym for delicious.

Nearby Word: Delicia

Icky adjective - Not giving pleasure to the mind or senses.

Usage example: the novel has an icky sentimentality that makes my skin crawl

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Delicious is an antonym for icky.

This came back to bite them hard during the war itself, where many of the less experienced soldiers, who were used to eating rich, delicious meals refused to eat their emergency rations or whatever they could find on the battlefield, finding them too icky.

Source: Food Pills

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Icky and Delicious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/delicious/icky

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